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[–] FlyingSquid 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Unless they have a father with a PhD in English who acts like an English teacher with them their whole childhood.

I loved my dad, but boy did it suck when I showed him some piece of creative writing I wrote and he got out the red pen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid 8 points 8 months ago

He could always find something.

But also, if I ever pronounced something incorrectly or used improper grammar, I would be swiftly corrected. It's really hard not to do the same with my own kid.