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Re: Subject / Object / ?

From:Ph. D. <phild@...>
Date:Monday, September 13, 2004, 1:07
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> > Rodlox wrote: > > > what is the difference between Subjects, Objects, and > > something that might be confused with them? > > Is Rodlox American? Is the education system where he > lives so bad? > > I mean, those are notions I learned in first year of primary > school (age 6) and used throughout my education in French, > English and Spanish classes. > > This is nothing against Rodlox. He isn't responsible if he > wasn't given that information before. But I shudder at the > kind of education that leaves such simple (and necessary > if you want to be able to even begin analysing a sentence) > notions out.
In the United States, the education establishment in the public schools (i.e. primary and secondary schools) considers it old-fashioned to teach grammatical concepts such as subject and object and how to analyse a sentence. --Ph. D.

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