I left school without passes in English or indeed any exam that is narrative led. I just had maths, physics, chemistry, technical drawing and oddly, music.

I have had to learn different writing skills as an adult in my own way rather than an education route, yet bad spelling and overtly bad grammar leap out of the page at me when reading.

I wrote many papers and had reports published over the years and it amazes me that when proof reading colleagues' work, it was generally agreed that mine had fewer language mistakes than most. Most of my colleagues took A level English and many took it to degree level.

Yet to this day, I don't think I actually know what a split infinitive is...