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"I speak and (perhaps) write good English because he piqued my interest and taught me to strive because I can always get better." You used "piqued" correctly,
by colomon 13y ago
"I speak and (perhaps) write good English because he piqued my interest and taught me to strive because I can always get better."
You used "piqued" correctly, that already puts you beyond probably 80% of native-born English speakers in writing. ;)
- thrush 13y agowoah. is this an actual statistic? any chance you have a reference for where you got that number? (genuine curiosity)
- colomon 13y agoSorry, no, that number was completely pulled out of my ass as a slightly more interesting way of saying that failed attempts to use that phrase are distressingly common. "Peaked my interest" and "peeked my interest" both get millions of hits on Google search. My impression is it's one of the most common English errors you see that doesn't involve pronoun trouble.