Regarding the national standards, Dennis
Newson wrote:
I hope the committee begins by making a
statement about what they mean and don't
mean by grammar. And I hope they've all read
Chapter 12,
The Language Mavens, in Steven Pinker's
brilliant: The Language Instinct
The New Science of Language and Mind
(1993).
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From what I have seen, he need not worry:
the word "grammar" does not appear in the
standards, nor do any grammatical terms or
rules. It seems that as far as the standards are
concerned, grammar does not exist.
 
Ed V.