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

from about the 4th grade on, i did not give a rat's arse about school or grades. i was smart enough to get A's, so i got d's with no effort. i couldn't diagram a sentence if my life depended on it. however, i loved to read....still do.

reading comprehension got me through the lsat and through LSU law. however, i did learn how to study about half way through law school because i was headed to the bottom of the class.