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MY OXFORD DICTIONARY IS IN FLAMES! I got my B.A. in English Literature. Yeah, I know - really useful. (It's ok - I picked up a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. and a paralegal degree - also really useful ;) so misuse of English is like nails on a blackboard to me. I know I probably mess up and misspell stuff on this blog but I tend to be a stickler for spelling & syntax on the most part. But this? This is just... WRONG! "Childrens do learn," Bush tells school kids Offering a grammar lesson guaranteed to make any English teacher cringe, President George W. Bush told a group of New York school kids on Wednesday: "Childrens do learn." Bush made his latest grammatical slip-up at a made-for-TV event where he urged Congress to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act, the centerpiece of his education policy, as he touted a new national report card on improved test scores. The event drew New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings plus teac...