[djmcmath]

I read a lot growing up. I mean, I read A LOT growing up. I mean, my first pass through Tolkein's trilogy happened when I was 6. I suppose it helped to have well-educated parents - my dad was always reading scholarly references on theology and what-not. I had rules about video game time, and my parents would always take me to the library if I wanted more books.

These days, I collect books faster than I can read them. I still read heavily. And childish grammar still annoys me!

I guess I expect it on the internet, where children loiter about talking about their most recent trip to the mall, or what size coffee can makes their Honda go faster. I don't expect it at work. I have a fine collection of professional sailors working for me, but relatively few of them have anything like writing capability. Worse, my boss doesn't even care -- which is embarrassing. "It's 'courts-martial,' not 'court-martials,' I say. When two nouns are joined as one word, then made plural, the 's' goes after the first word -- think 'passers-by.'" He just glares at me and insists that it be done incorrectly, because that's how he says it. Aargh.