Ktabbe Dirk Elzinga:
> The grammar instruction which English teachers provide is influenced by
the instruction they received in their own grammar pedagogy courses
preparatory to their becoming teachers.
Ti say "I'm impressed" here means nothing. I'm merely shocked. Here in
Ukraine *ALL* teachers of the Ukrainian (and Russian) language learn
*academic* grammar courses while being trained at their colleges! And they
learn grammar in general and its different aspects no less than for 4 years!
<friendly sarcasm> You guys are indeed barbarians there in the West! Long
live prescriptivism! </friendly sarcasm>.
> Dirk
Yitzik the Snakie
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