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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:57 PM Original message |
Poll question: Have you ever been taught grammar? |
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blue sky at night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. I would say it is becoming a lost art......... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Well, if it were profitable then more people would study it. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
128. WERE you ever taught grammar? |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Interesting poll. I think I'll bookmark this and check back later. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, yeah. I also learned to diagram sentences. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
59. I remember that! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
105. I enjoyed diagramming sentences |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
68. We diagrammed sentences from fifth through twelfth grades |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
126. I tried to diagram a Sarah Palin sentence last fall. |
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Okie4Obama (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. I even learned how to diagram sentences! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. What grade? |
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Okie4Obama (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Second and third grades. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Cool! |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
71. I never did it myself until I left school. It seems like such an obvious way to teach. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
104. I went to high school in that area |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. They tried to teach me that too. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. we learned how to diagram sentences as well |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I was just thinking about that. |
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Okie4Obama (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. That is awesome. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. I couldn't do it today |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. refresher...not going to speak for accuracy of the site but... |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
90. Thanks for the link n/t |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. I did too. And it used to frustrate me to no end |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. Of course. It's called "reading". |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Next poll: |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Me fail english? That's unpossible! |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
89. Best part of this reply is |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. Nah - it's a direct Simpsons quote, from the toon in the pic... |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #93 |
100. I knew it was a direct Simpson's Quote, |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:40 PM Original message |
I see you're not going to waste time asking whether DUers have learned manners. n/t |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
80. I was taught grammar but not manners, so... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Isn't "You lie!" bad grammar? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. No. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I dig. I'd probably yell "You are a liar!" |
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busybl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
74. or You sir are a liar. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #74 |
109. that's very polite |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
70. Imperative mood, if I recall... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Heh. It *could* be used so, I suppose, but it practically never is... |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 05:37 AM Response to Reply #73 |
112. Boy!! Do I feel stupid. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #112 |
125. :) I never learned a language with cases, so it could be that in some languages... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. I have only been taught a little grammar. I am taking a tech writing |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. We learned long before we are able to remember, by some classes and by listening. The real |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. I just turned 40 in May .. But I remember lots of Grammar in |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. i learned more grammar in my foreign language classes |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yep, definitely. nt. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Even just one foreign language adds a whole new dimension to one's native language... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Exactly |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. out little ones are learning latin now... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Classics kids = the smartest kids. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. almost the name of the program they are in! n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. hahahaha! |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. Where's the "Robb dingbat is" option? n/t |
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Peregrine (712 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. Florida's FCAT writing test |
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Peregrine (712 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Florida's FCAT writing test |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
24. My school did not teach grammar in English |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. They didn't teach grammar much |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. 60+ years old and |
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Phentex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. My mother was an English teacher! |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. The public schools, in general, |
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Okie4Obama (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. My daughter brings home worksheet after worksheet. |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Sadly, that's the way |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. We bought our daughter the Schoolhouse Rock 30th anniversary DVD a while back |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
67. *Sings* |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
79. That's the BEST! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sentence diagramming was one of my favorite things |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Do you remember how to do it? |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. there's a link in post #38... n/t |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
64. I think if I were hard-pressed to do it, |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. 8 years of Grammar, 4 years of Sentence Diagramming. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I know a lot about grammar just from reading |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
86. Like you I learnt grammar from reading. If my sentences are fairly short, my |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #86 |
101. Like I said, I am taking a grammar class |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #101 |
108. Well the one thing I've aced its participles. So if you ever have a question |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:07 PM Response to Reply #108 |
115. Thanks for the link! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #40 |
110. Reading IS the best thing. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #110 |
116. I got 72% on the last assignment |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. His first wife was an English teacher and Cormac certainly |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. Plus |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
44. "I am under the age of 40 and I remember being taught lots of grammar" |
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endless october (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. under 40, and i was taught lots of grammar. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
47. I've always been pissed at Chomsky for this. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Convince me you know what TGG's actually are? |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Don't know that I can... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Roger that. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #52 |
72. I can't imagine what practical use TG would have outside of Linguistics or Cognitive Science. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #72 |
88. Me neither. That's why I suspect he or she was shown something somewhat different... |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 05:34 AM Response to Reply #88 |
111. When I first went to Berkeley in 1968 |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #111 |
118. Heh. There's a bit more to TGG's than that. |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #118 |
120. Which is why I switched to Rhetoric and German. |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #118 |
123. See my post #122 |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #111 |
122. Sounds familiar.. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
102. I had to learn that in my college grammar class. |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. A good teacher is worth her weight in gold. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
51. Grammar (along with vocabulary) was one of the biggies until 7th grade or so. n/t |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
55. I went to Catholic school in the 50s and 60s. I was taught grammar |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
57. Yes, I learned grammar. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
58. Fuck yeah!! |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. i was taught grammar in English class in the 8th grade... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
61. Pounded into my head by my mom at home and by teachers in school... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
65. Yup |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
69. I have taken grammar classes in school but ... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
75. Youngsters who have poor grammar probably learned it at home, |
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Control-Z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #75 |
99. The one |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
76. Over 40...lots of grammar. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
77. When I went it was called grammar school, not elemenary school. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
78. I was taught lots of ENGLISH Grammar, yes |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
81. I WAS taught, and HAVE taught lots of grammar..... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I take issue with your ellipses. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #85 |
97. . |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
82. ^5 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
83. I am 23 and was taught grammar in school. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
84. My mother was an english teacher. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
87. I didn't truly learn English grammar until I took a Latin class. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
91. To be truth is told, the grammars less necessarily than you might thought was: are always |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
92. My mom was an English teacher. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
94. Under 40....yes.....and I love grammar.....Sentence diagrams get me all excited!!!! |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
95. Over 40. Taught lots. Remember some. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
96. I was taughted advanced grammar |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
98. This is quite possibly the most non-political one-sided poll |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
103. Was taught all through school, was taught in college, have taught it since. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
106. 25 here, very little grammar. Until I took it in college. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
107. I always had a problem with dangling participants...uhhh participles. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
113. Yes, I remember Ms. Carrick trying to beat it into my brain. I wish I paid attention. |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
114. Option 3, the funny thing is I teach English |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
117. I was taught grammar in elementary school and junior high |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
119. Other; I studied foreign languages at school... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
121. I'm sensing a trend here. nt |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
124. I am a gwamma. does that count? |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
127. Yes. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
129. In 4 languages |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
130. What a scream! Me & the ol' ball & chain were talking about it this morning! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
131. Oh shit! I don't know witch won to pick! |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
132. I'm over 60, and yes. I was taught grammar. |
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