Surely though as a list, it would be preferable to drop the 'and' in that case, viz:
I'm Richard, I'm an English teacher, and therefore I...
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Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:05,
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Preferable shmeferable.
If you're going to be like that you don't need the second I'm, which would turn it into a clause.
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Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:07,
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That would also force removal of the and aswell.
I'm Richard, an English teacher, therefore yadda yadda
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Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:09,
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Fussakes man, you're an English teacher. You should know the Ultimate Defence.
"There is no right or wrong English, merely Standard and Non Standard."
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Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:11,
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very true...
Like George Bernard Shaw, who decided that apostrophes were a waste of ink and so didnt use them at all...
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Tue 24 Jan 2012, 1:14,
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Yeah, it's the writer's right to just say "Fuck you, I'll write how I like."
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