Craig Hancock <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
Grammar is not highly valued by progressive educators, which is why NCTE is in opposition to the direct teaching of grammar in the schools. The opposition comes in part because grammar is very narrowly defined. The conversation rarely happens because the two worlds are so far apart.
 
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Is it not true that while the NCTE opposes the direct teaching of grammar in the schools, they expect that teachers of the various English disciplines will be more than conversant with the good grammar of Standard English, so that teachers who grade student essays, for example, can constantly nudge student writing in the direction of conventional standards?
 
So-called "creative" writing, which often ignores good grammar, comes later and violations are, or should be, done with intent and not through ignorance. Contemporary authors almost always claim intent but often there is evidence to the contrary.


      

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