I was listening to Newstalk this afternoon and heard a retired officer from the Irish National Teachers Organisation defending teachers' work. He cited international statistics on literacy to support his case.
All fine. I wasn't paying that much attention any way.
Ten minutes later during a different report on the same station, a Fine Gael spokesman displayed a complete disregard for the most basic rules of English grammar. This man opted to use only the singular form of any verb regardless of the subject.
Simplifying the language. Pure genius, only I hope that retired teacher had switched off his radio.
