Re: Grammar in HS (Was: Re: Argument Structures)

nicole perrin wrote:

> Maybe this is a silly question, but is grammar of one's native langauge
> taught in countries other than the US?  Because here almost everyone
> grows up without knowing even what subject and object are.  I always
> think it's a stupid practice (or non-practice) but I wonder what it's
> like in other places?
My impression is that they do, but they have equally bad understanding of
it in general.  FWIW, my German teacher told me one time that he had
spoken to his mother on the phone back in Germany and was telling her
about what he was doing at work.  We had been doing dative and genitive
case then, and when he told her about this, she was completely mystified.

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