I think my English gets worse every year. The more time I spend trying to learn new languages, the more I question my use of my native language! Sometimes things just don’t look or sound right to me.
I used to be a stickler about grammar, punctuation and spelling, but now that I am stumbling through Beijing with less than rudimentary Mandarin, I’m happy if I’m understood at all in any language. I quickly forgive the goofy English mistakes I see here in China–after all, that poor sign designer’s English is still far better than my Mandarin.
These days, it’s only misplaced or missing apostrophes that really rankle me. So much for being a grammar cop.
However, if English is your first language, you really should get the following write.
Er, I mean right.
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