•November 8, 2023•

I’d like to tell you that reading this column will make you feel better, and that might not just be wishful thinking.

It might, however, offer the equivalent of patting you on the hand and assuring you that everything will be all right.

Hey, I’ll take it.

My book publisher passed along a story written by the Daily Mail’s Deputy Science Editor, Xantha Leatham, that explores the physical manifestations of encountering poor grammar.

In her story, she cites researchers at the University of Birmingham (England) who brought in 41 British English-speaking adults (that’s Britons who speak English rather than people who speak British English) who listened to 40 speech samples, half of which contained grammatical problems.

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