I thought you all might like this...

[chrystalclear]

I officially like "For Better or For Worse". xd

I saw this in my newspaper's Sunday comics, and the first thing I thought was "Gaia!" Well, more specifically, "Gaian Grammar Guild!". But I thought the former first. Anyways, enjoy!  

[The MoUsY spell-checker]

xd I bet that someone will tell you that most students aren't like these.

Here's an article about the comic.  

[SilverMaple]

Huh... Interesting. 3nodding I've never really read For Better or for Worse, but this comic was cool.  

[Patron with a Mission]

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What kills me is the idea that, for 99.99% of the educated American public, this is what "grammar" is: a laundry list of half-remembered strictures against certain forms and usages, understood as commandments from on high about How To Do Right, not even dignified with a discussion of what the proscribed forms and usages actually are, grammatically speaking. Nonstandard irregular verb forms in the English perfect?

I think that article had a point. Do most teachers discuss why it's right or wrong? I know mine didn't, but I make it a point to. whee  

[l3viathan]

Thank you for sharing this comic. It was a good read. X3  

[abarrach]

dameonmac5918

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What kills me is the idea that, for 99.99% of the educated American public, this is what "grammar" is: a laundry list of half-remembered strictures against certain forms and usages, understood as commandments from on high about How To Do Right, not even dignified with a discussion of what the proscribed forms and usages actually are, grammatically speaking. Nonstandard irregular verb forms in the English perfect?

I think that article had a point. Do most teachers discuss why it's right or wrong? I know mine didn't, but I make it a point to. whee

This is the type of thing I was asking about when I asked about where, when and how people learn grammar. In Canada, we learn this stuff in French class, but not in English class. We spent so much time on litterature and nearly none on grammare. They expect people to get it by osmosis, and in my opinion, that's just not a good way of learning something well.  

[Patron with a Mission]

abarrach

dameonmac5918

Quote:

What kills me is the idea that, for 99.99% of the educated American public, this is what "grammar" is: a laundry list of half-remembered strictures against certain forms and usages, understood as commandments from on high about How To Do Right, not even dignified with a discussion of what the proscribed forms and usages actually are, grammatically speaking. Nonstandard irregular verb forms in the English perfect?

I think that article had a point. Do most teachers discuss why it's right or wrong? I know mine didn't, but I make it a point to. whee

This is the type of thing I was asking about when I asked about where, when and how people learn grammar. In Canada, we learn this stuff in French class, but not in English class. We spent so much time on litterature and nearly none on grammare. They expect people to get it by osmosis, and in my opinion, that's just not a good way of learning something well.

I agree with you. I believe the only way to learn something well is to understand why it's done that way, in addition with hands-on training.  

[LexiHulan]

That's hilarity in itself, but, I think it's saying that you can use Grammar and sound smart, but not use Grammar and sound cool. It's just what I think.

 

[s0prano42_x3]

Hahaha!

Yeah, that comic comes in my newspaper. It's awesome!