>
> However, the worst of all was the sweeping generalization that was made,
resulting from an alarming disconnect between what was actually said in
Harris's study and what everyone seemed to read into it. Harris did not deny
that teaching functional grammar might be helpful; he only said that teaching
formal, "grammatical terminology" was harmful. But the way Braddock's report
presented it, and what everyone seemed to read, was that teaching GRAMMAR--
any grammar--was harmful. That interpretation of Harris's dissertation was
incorrect, and (as Martha said) immensely harmful, and it has stayed that
way for more than 40 years.
>
How can teaching grammar or grammatical terminology be harmful?  Unless I
teach someone how to commit a crime, I don't know how any information can
be harmful.  Do people literally think that?
Jan

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