markodegard@... wrote:
> In America, grammar is NOT taught, and has not been for 50 years.
I can certainly attest that from my own experience. I never heard of
such a thing as 'case' until I took German my last two years in high
school, and all the teacher did was refer to 'dative' without really
explaining what it was. Interestingly enough the teacher was from
Germany and maybe she assumed that stuff was covered here. This
omission may help explain my lack of success with foreign languages.
One more reason why we're planning to home-school our kids.
-- Julianus
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Nothing on the face of this earth -- and I do mean nothing -- is half
so dangerous as a childrens story that happens to be real, and you and
I are wandering blindfolded through a myth devised by a maniac.
-- Master Li Kao (Tang Dynasty)
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