re: How did you learn how to write using (mostly) standardized English?

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How did you learn how to write using (mostly) standardized English?

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I was a Journalism major so I had to write copy and fake news stories.

I also went to paralegal school and had to write legal briefs.

My command of the English language came from Dad who corrected poor word choices my entire life. He died at 91.

In cleaning out his belongings, I would find emails where Dad would circle (in red) grammatical errors and then write the correct form with the grammar rule cited.

I come by my Grammar Nazism honestly.