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All junior high students exposed to Latin ablative absolute phrases, in
my experience, seemed prone to employ nominative absolute phrases in their
composition. Those who took Spanish or French (or in one school, Koine
Greek) did not.
Scott Catledge
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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 20:53:05 -0800
From: Scott Woods <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Developmental phases of grammar knowledge
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Dear List,
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I have read that some constructions do not appear in student writing until =
they are at the right age.=A0 I do not recall where I read this, but it see=
ms to go against my experience, specifically, as I recall, the claim that a=
bsolute phrases=A0do not show up until students are around 16.=A0=A0 Has an=
yone else read anything like this?=A0 Does anyone have any references for t=
his? Is this a widespread idea?
=A0
Scott Woods=0A=0A=0A
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style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Dear List,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have read that some constructions do not appear in student writing
until they are at the right age. I do not recall where I read this,
but it seems to go against my experience, specifically, as I recall, the
claim that absolute phrases do not show up until students are around
16. Has anyone else read anything like this? Does anyone
have any references for this? Is this a widespread idea?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Scott Woods</DIV></td></tr></table><br>
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