Re: Oh Hello


"sanjian" <millerkb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ethan Hammond wrote:
>> "sanjian" <millerkb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> The Eternal Lost Lurker wrote:
>>>
>>> Look, if you're not good at grammer (hell, at least you spelled it
>>> correctly), then get better. The world will judge you based on how
>>> you express yourself. If you know you're weak on something this
>>> fundamental, then there's no excuse not to get hot and correct your
>>> deficiency.
>>
>> Everything is all screwed up because public school is too wussy to
>> teach sentence diagramming and vocabulary anymore.
>
> Like I remember any of the diagramming I did in eighth grade...
>
> -- sanjian (who sometimes wishes Alzheimer's hadn't set in yet)
>
Besides, according to research (given enough time, I could give you cites),
diagramming has no demonstrable effect on writing skills. It only improves
one's ability to diagram. The only thing that actually does improve one's
grammar in the context of writing is extensive reading. Applying correct
grammar in one's writing is dependent on the ability to recognize the
patterns of written language, gained through extensive reading, and then
using that knowledge of those patterns in one's own writing.

laurie


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