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Originally Posted by patrickt
In all seriousness, when my son's English teacher told him grammar wasn't important I had to demonstrate it's importance and explain to him how abstract thought requires clear and accurate speech. If you can't speak and write clearly, you can't think clearly.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Surely that should include knowing the difference between "it's" (an abbreviation for "it is", or sometimes "it has") and "its" (meaning "belonging to it") shouldn't it?  |
You see, that's what you get when your English teacher tells you that grammar isn't important... And personally, I'd fire that teacher. Why else teach English? Grammar is the base you need to have, before you can actually learn the language. The vocabulary will come with reading books and looking words up in a dictionary.
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Originally Posted by Mostly Math
Who cares about grammar. March 4 is important only because it is my birthday!!!
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Happy (belated) birthday to you!
And I think you should all learn how to talk
Dunglish...