I am an Oxford graduate in English Language and Literature and am qualified as a teacher of English to foreign learners. I have spent most of my career in government service, much of it abroad. I have studied several other languages including French, German, Latin, Arabic and Old and Middle English.
I have the following four Posterous sites. Whichever one you’re on at the moment, you may like to take a look at the other three.
Real Grammar
Envoys’ English
Baz’s Quizzes
Baz’s Quotes
Elsewhere on the web I have attempted to write in the constrained style of the 'Ouvroir de littérature potentielle' (OULIPO) in Variations on an Incident in Paris and in Variations on Jane Austen . I have also created a full set of 256 Syllogisms by figure and mood and showing which are valid and which are not. Finally, I have a previous blog, Grammar for Grown-ups, where you can also find posts on topics of grammatical interest.
Barrie England
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