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

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, August 24, 2000, 3:16
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.
Where's "here" for you, because that's CERTAINLY not my experience. I vividly remember detesting English class. :-) Of course, it was largely rote learning of what subjects and stuff were, and being constantly told that the way we normally spoke was wrong, that in itself made me detest it, I didn't like being told how to talk. -- "Their bodies did not age, but they became afeared of everything and anything. For partaking in any activity at all could threaten their precious and ageless bodies! ... Their victory over death was a hollow one." ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor