[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niall

Fair enough. I'm not sure I agree that it means standards are slipping though, I mean most people my age that I'm friends with can accurately punctuate and write. There's obviously lots of factors that feed into that I suppose, but that's my perception anyway.

I am generalising, naturally. I agree that language changes and develops all the time, but not being able to make yourself clear in your native language at graduate level is shameful. Your own English skills though, as Omah said, are excellent.