Either English construction is different in Canada or your sentence below
could use some smithing. I don't know what an "and English teacher" is.

Do you even know what a "typo" is?

Of course I do. Even teaching electronics technology, my students get a
point lopped off for each grammar or spelling error. I do it day in and day
out and have done so for 25 years. Considering that the original post had
to do with students being penalized for sloppy work, I thought it quite
appropriate.


In contrast, perhaps you could explain "smithing", as the topic of
discussion has nothing to do with metal-working.

As others have pointed out, "smithing" has no direct connection to metal
working. It is a generic term used to denote a skill in a particular area,
in this case, grammarsmithing, a subset of wordsmithing.


Have a nice day... g

I always do. You too. By the way, the quote below is "... LEST the earth
come from below... ."

{;-)

Jim



Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below
and smite thee. - William Kershner
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