Latin and diagramming sentences taught me more about grammar than anything
else in school and they have abandoned both in current curriculums.
Tina
On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Couldn't agree more. Although I fear it's >30 years - I went to a public
> school (between '64 and '70) and only learnt grammar through Latin lessons.
> Jez
>
>
> On 5 January 2014 16:40, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I’m sure, Jez, that that is the reason for the mistake, now widespread.
> > It’s also probably rooted in the fear (of radio producers) that someone
> > will start listening to such a report halfway through the sentence and
> draw
> > that conclusion. But it’s still wrong, and if we had taught our language
> > properly in schools over the last 30 years we would not be in this fix.
> > And it is a fix: our teachers apparently cannot teach English grammar,
> > partly because they know little themselves, partly because common usage
> has
> > drifted from Standard English and now makes rules hard to learn, let
> alone
> > teach.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 5 Jan 2014, at 16:03, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > 'Trouble is, when you write "The Prime Minister reported that he was
> > keen
> > > to preserve the State Pension." it's all too easy to infer that now he
> is
> > > no longer keen so to do.
> > > Innit?
> >
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