Last updated: 28 August 2026
This page explains who writes the lessons on maninderenglish.com, how they are made, and how mistakes get fixed. If you want to know whether you can trust a grammar rule you read here, this is the page that should tell you.
Who writes this site
Everything on maninderenglish.com is written by Maninder Thind. There are no guest writers, no freelancers and no outsourced content. I am a Psychology and Economics graduate, and I spent thirteen years working in British corporate environments in London — which is where most of what I teach actually comes from.
That background is the whole reason this site exists. There are thousands of sites explaining the present perfect tense. There are very few written by someone who has sat in British meetings for over a decade and watched exactly which Indian-English habits cause a misunderstanding and which ones nobody notices.
How a lesson gets written
- It starts with a real mistake. Lesson topics come from errors I have actually heard or been asked about — from colleagues in London, from YouTube comments, and from questions sent through this site. I do not pick topics from keyword lists.
- The Hindi structure comes first. For most lessons I work out why a Hindi speaker produces the wrong English — which Hindi construction is being translated directly. The correction makes far more sense once you can see the cause.
- Examples are written, not borrowed. Every example sentence on this site is written for the lesson it appears in. They are ordinary sentences from work, travel, shopping and conversation, not textbook sentences.
- It is checked against British usage. Where British, Indian and American English differ, I say so explicitly rather than presenting one as “correct”.
- Hindi is checked separately. Hindi explanations and translations are written in Devanagari and reviewed on their own, so they read naturally rather than as translated English.
Where the English comes from
When I state a rule, it reflects standard British usage as described in mainstream reference works — the Cambridge and Oxford learner’s dictionaries and grammars — checked against how the language is actually used in a British workplace today. Where a reference book and real usage disagree, I tell you both, because the version that gets you understood matters more than the version that wins an argument.
Corrections
I make mistakes. When one is pointed out, I fix the lesson and update the “last reviewed” date shown on it. If the correction changes the meaning of a rule rather than fixing a typo, I say so in the lesson.
If you have found an error — a wrong rule, a bad example, a mistranslation, a broken quiz answer — please tell me: pinka.kamboj90@gmail.com. Corrections from readers are genuinely welcome and I answer them.
Review dates
Every lesson carries a visible “last reviewed” date. That date means a human — me — has actually re-read the lesson on that date, not that a plugin touched the database.
Use of AI
Lessons, explanations, example sentences and usage notes on this site are written by me. I use software for the ordinary things software is for — spelling and grammar checking, formatting, building the flashcard and quiz tools, and site maintenance. I do not publish machine-generated lessons, and I do not publish an explanation I could not give you myself.
Advertising and independence
This site carries advertising through Google AdSense. Advertisers have no influence over what I write, and I do not know in advance which ads will appear on a page. No lesson on this site is sponsored, and nothing here is a paid placement. If that ever changes, the page in question will say so at the top.
What this site does not do
- It does not award certificates or qualifications.
- The level test is an indication of your level, not an official assessment — see the Terms of Use.
- It does not give legal, immigration, financial or career advice.
Contact
Corrections, questions and disagreements: pinka.kamboj90@gmail.com
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