Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you.
Midwing:
Indeed. Funny you may think it but we were never taught any kind of grammatical terminology beyond what nouns, verbs and adjectives are. We got a brief intro on adverbs and most everything else consisted of learning the difference between a metaphor and a simile, learning how to write short stories, persuasive texts or newspaper articles and snazzy but generally useless things such as alliteration and mnemonics. Never mind sentence structure, tenses or even something as basic as being taught how to speak and write our country's predominant language. No word of a lie, I still see people spell babies as baby's or more annoyingly, would have as would of.
I remember my A-level French class consisting of ream after ream of conjugated verbs, not only having to memorise them but having to know how to conjugate any verb we wanted. Although I adore the English language, at times it can be a shame that it is not bound by so many rules and restrictions such as gender agreement. Maybe if communication depended on it, more people would be encouraged to at least make the effort to learn it.
rohina:
So you are saying because you didn't know the terminology, what I said is not a rule?
Oh, and I can easily believe you weren't taught how to write effectively.
Midwing:
Quote from: rohina on 2009 July 23, 23:51:49
So you are saying because you didn't know the terminology, what I said is not a rule?
Au contraire. What I am saying is, for somebody who obviously has a firm grasp on the technicalities of the English language and especially with regard to grammar, you would probably find it shocking that it's something we weren't even taught. Pointing out, in rather a poor manner it seems, that less attention was paid to actually learning how to read and write English at my school than at yours. It was barely even seen as important.
Quote from: rohina on 2009 July 23, 23:51:49
Oh, and I can easily believe you weren't taught how to write effectively.
This being the reason for asking in the first place. It's never too late to learn.
rohina:
If I were shocked every time some retard said it didn't learn something in school, my job would have killed me by now. Did you have an actual point, here?
What is it with you people who ask grammar questions and then ignore the perfectly sensible answers you are given? What are you, gerbils?
DrNerd:
How do schools not teach tense and subject/verb agreement anymore? Is this like the "New Math" where kids don't learn times tables or fractions that aren't 1/2, 1/4, 3/4, 1/3, or 2/3? That's like trying to build a functional house out of pretzel sticks and spit.
I am all for Child Left Behind. If you're a dumbass, learn the basics. If you're not a dumbass, learn stuff that actually challenges you.
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