It seems to me that it was clear that Caroline was responding to Johanna's
question about whether others agreed with her, and it is really unfair to
attack her answer.
Edith Wollin
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> From:         William J. McCleary[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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> Subject:      Re: Teaching grammar
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> For a statement like this, we should be asking what kind of grammar
> Caroline has in mind and what her purpose is for teaching it. Also, what
> makes her think that teaching this kind of grammar will accomplish this
> purpose?
>
> I don't mean to pick on Caroline here, but her short statement of opinion
> lends itself to asking these questions.
>
> Bill
>
> >        I, too, think grammar should be taught apart from the editing
> >process. And, as an elementary teacher, I find I am swimming upstream!
> >
> >        Caroline
>
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