(0800) Sky was strange … started nondescript, then low, angry Gates cloud rolled across, then cleared, to be replaced by cotton wool cumulus, to now be replaced by light, 8/8 white cover, with bright sunshine bursting through here and there … all by the end of this post. (0817)

 

13. Old School meds

12. She’s not wrong imho

… we could of course argue this out:

11. The Old School texts

Bemused to see Jacob Rees-Mogg described as former Minister for the C18th because I for one, despite an overall cavalier, maverick, dissident nature, went straight back to the old Scottish texts such as:

Maciver was oft criticised for not being correct, for being outdated but imho, that simply reinforced the mongrel nature of English as a language … I mean, is the Oxford comma de rigeur or is it the rule to not place a comma between the last in a list and the text following?

A decade ago, I bought one of the Old School style grammar, spelling and punctuation books (actually compiled in 2009):

Not altogether digressing but how many current day curriculum departments, heads and teachers in Britain today would still teach the old way, e.g. 20 spelling words a day, revise that lesson, then next day, plus end of the week? Or is it more important today to teach LGBheebeegeebee and Hamas etc. etc.?