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Grammar pedants - help please.

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GlennR Nov 2019 4:02pm, 4 Nov 2019 46,042 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Entirely intentional, as I'm sure you realise. I don't suggest you use that example with primary school children though.
♪♫ Egnys ♪♫ Nov 2019 4:05pm, 4 Nov 2019 29,742 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ Egnys ♪♫ [Spent 15 years as a Bursar, so I’m not going to use that example with anyone.] 😀
um Nov 2019 4:46pm, 4 Nov 2019 1,338 posts	Quote Pin um [not getting caught or the other bit Egnys?]
Northern Exile Nov 2019 6:25pm, 4 Nov 2019 5,550 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Ah, Henry Wilt. Those were the days 😍
ChrisHB Nov 2019 6:35pm, 4 Nov 2019 18,478 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB A superb book with Dr Board (Modern Languages) my favourite supporting character.
GlennR Nov 2019 6:39pm, 4 Nov 2019 46,045 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Set at my alma mater, Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology.
JCB Nov 2019 9:53am, 6 Nov 2019 744 posts	Quote Pin JCB Thanks for your thoughts everyone! 🙂
GlennR Nov 2019 11:38am, 6 Nov 2019 46,100 posts	Quote Pin GlennR 'Upcycling' crowned Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2019: cam.ac.uk
ChrisHB Nov 2019 7:52pm, 13 Nov 2019 18,542 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB A sentence demanding two or more glances: I accept that what-is is what is meant to be.
JCB Nov 2019 11:01pm, 13 Nov 2019 771 posts	Quote Pin JCB Chris, the double IS's is doing my head in. Made me good "had had" and found this: en.m.wikipedia.org