Originally Posted By: cadet
As an English teacher, the ability to wield the English language with precision and clarity is something I aspire to (and often fail...).
a trial", and "the condition of having been tested and approved".
RG


RG, I really don't mean to cast dispersions but when one announces they are an English teacher and ends that very sentence with a preposition it is a bit of a surprise. I am sure you meant "to which I [you] aspire."
And since we are aspiring "to wield the English language with precision and clarity," it might be pointed out that quotation marks (") belong after the commas and periods not before them.

Sorry for the post but the fruit was hanging very low.
Regards, Jake

R. Craig Clark
jakearoo(at)cox.net