> Frankly, it would be harder to find elementary schools that DIDN'T teach
> the parts of speech.  And why start at 3rd grade?  They start in first.

But they don't teach them in an extensive way.  Nor do they use
them as a foundation for integrated grammar curriculum that
continues through higher grades.

I recall a going as far as as count, mass, abstract, and concrete
nouns, and auxiliary verbs in another context.  But even these
seem like they were a very brief mentioning.

I don't think that grammar is a systematic part of the curriculum,
like arithmetic, bio, etc.  Or if it is, then hey! we've won!


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