I've never been checked when I left the UK before. This was a surprise to me. I don't know if this was a RANDOM check or a permanent procedure after the Glasgow bombing. When I was leaving from Heathrow T3 in June, before the Glasgow bombing, every passport was systematically checked after security.

If you are going to boast about Japanese grammar being better than the natives', get the apostrophe in the right place! I said "often" better, not "always" better. :wink: Putting the apostrophe in the "right" place didn't look right at the end of a sentence followed by...

I have been a lurker on this forum for some time but feel compelled to comment for the first time. Being Japanese myself, I cannot help thinking that Dave may be underestimating his wife’s ability to pass the test. As Dave seems to have met his wife in Japan and speaks the language, I assume their...