English grammar is in my thoughts around this time- we’re writing reports at work. Add to that a discussion underway on FSDeveloper‘s website and my mind wanders- especially when on the bike. Some of the discussion looks at the differences between British & US English. Consider this:
The Question "Have you got a ticket?"
A British person answers: "Yes, I have."
An American says: " Yes I do" which sounds peculiar to British ears, but why?

The clearest explanation I can think of goes like this:
My answer is shortened from " Yes, I have got a ticket?
So we assume that the US version is shortened from: "Yes I do got a ticket", which is absurd.

It seems that there could be two explanations for this: one is that the American version is wrong. The other is that the Americans could be in the habit of asking the question differently:
"Do you have a ticket?"
However, we don’t always hear that style of question, so that is not a strong hypothesis:

Found a clearly written site that explains a technique for questioning those grammar posers that you have an odd feeling about but aren’t exactly sure why.
Dodge the grammar traps. I like the idea of removing parts to sentences to see if they still work. There are other tests to help trace the problems. Useful.

After "My life in verse"(BBC2), TS Eliot is fresher. Reading "The love song of Alfred Prufrock" now.
Best approach this like a song, go over it time and time again, let it grow in my conscience like good music does:

Great start.