Grammo-Puss

About the Book

This book was written in an effort to rescue the English Language. This lovely language of ours seems to be on the decline, as we strive hard to reflect our multi-cultural society. I feel that whilst this is a good thing, the onus is on us to ensure that we do not sink to a lower level of speaking, but rather, try to encourage people to speak our language properly.

The book is aimed at Primary and Secondary Schools, English Language Schools, Universities, Teachers' Training Colleges, Editors, News Readers, Television Broadcasters, and Proof Readers. It deals with the most common grammatical errors and offers simple corrections in an effort to stamp this out. I hope that my book does not offend anyone, but that those who read it, will join me in this brave effort.

Thanks go to my dear friend, Wendy James, a brilliant and budding Artist, for providing the artwork for the cover of the book.

About the Author

I was born in the Caribbean, on the island of Trinidad. There I received the main part of my education, in a Grammar School, up to GCE standard, and on my arrival to the United Kingdom in 1971, I continued my education at College and BTEC Levels, and also Open University. My love for the English Language began after a very embarrassing moment when I was still in Primary School. Although this was a Catholic School, run by nuns, mistakes made were often corrected with anything but love and kindness. This often included a physical beating. On one particular occasion, I incurred the wrath of a certain teacher. After making a grammatical error when speaking, this was corrected loudly, not just in front of the whole class, but within earshot of most of the school, as the classrooms were open-planned. From that day on, I vowed never to let this happen to me again. I soon developed a profound love the English Language. I obtained Certifi cates in the School Leaving Certifi cate (Trinidad &Tobago), National Council Examination (Trinidad & Tobago), Pitman’s, RSA and GCE. Some of these were graded with Distinctions and Credits. Whilst living in the UK, I am usually surprised and appalled at the lack of grammar, evident amongst those who should know better, and this is what prompted me to write this book. This book, therefore, is aimed at Primary and Secondary Schools, Colleges, English Language Schools, Universities, Teachers’ Training Colleges, Newspapers’ Editors and Radio and Television Newsreaders and Broadcasters.