> I'm also not aware of a particular study on this, but as > anecdotal evidence, grammar is fundamental to my ability to do my > work! > > -patty And to my ability to do my reading. My joy in reading comes to a jarring stop when I hit a sentence corrupted by poor grammar. I've quite more than one novel because the author can't control her possessive pronouns and/or apostrophes. Katharine in N.California (currently doing her best to teach kindergarten children about nouns and verbs) ~*^)* "Always keep your bowler on in time of stress, and watch out for diabolical masterminds." - Emma Peel To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/