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Originally Posted by Waawe  Hey, thanks for help and your time, RiverKid. As Im a student of English, I need to know what is grammatical and will be OK'd in tests, therefore I dont usually refer to the internet in the matter of grammar (except for this site) as it is definitely not an oasis of correct English.  When I read what our Czech journalists, for example, can pass off as correct Czech, I dont dare to refer to google for English.  It sure is the same, Im afraid.
Take it easy. 
Yours,
Waawe |
I think that that's a short-sighted view, Waawe. I hope that you're not simply studying to pass some exams and then letting all this valuable acquired knowledge go to waste.
Learning how to use English in a natural fashion for a lifetime is much more important than dropping the odd point or two on an exam, especially when that an exam COULD actually be mistakenly defining what is the actual grammar of English.
If your tests are designed by Czech speakers then I'm sure that there are a number of grammatical errors on your tests. This is not a criticism of those people, it's just a fact of life.