Re: Dangling prepositions and phrasal verbs.

Ph. D. wrote:

> Ray Brown wrote:
>
>>But at some point, I think with the spread of comprehensive
>>education, it was considered that grammar inhibited creative
>>writing and gave those kids who couldn't analyze & parse a
>>sense of inferiority - so grammar was downgraded (as was
>>spelling & punctuation) and creativity was king. When I was
>>involved in secondary education, scarcely any grammar was
>>taught in English and not much in modern languages. I've
>>been out of secondary education since 1990, but I don't think
>>there's been any significant shift since then (not judging from
>>the English my college students write) in English.
>
>
> I think that pretty much sums up the case in the United
> States. Creative writing was given top priority, and
> grammar was considered unimportant.
...and that brings us to the state of the Internet today. :P