Those of us whose home language is English find it easy to criticise others for spelling, pronunciation, grammar and meaning. But hang on! Can you speak the other person’s home language? Are you, like most of our population, forced to speak a second language most of the time when away from your home environment?

Not surprising, is it, that the words that we read and hear are not perfect English? Surely, what a person is saying is far more important than how they say it?