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Article on teaching grammar
Article in The Independent on the importance of grammar:
http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/story.jsp?story=645257
I'm aware, by the way, that my introductory fragment contains no verb.
Will.
http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/story.jsp?story=645257
I'm aware, by the way, that my introductory fragment contains no verb.
Will.
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[/nq] 'Sokay. None needed. Dja catch the sentence that begins "This sucks in hours of time,"?
- [/nq] 'Sokay.
- None needed.
- Dja catch the sentence that begins "This sucks in hours of time,"?
- I was led up the garden path imagining that the writer was saying "In hours of time, this sucks", but then I realized he was saying "Hours of time are sucked in".
- I wonder why it doesn't also suck-in hours of space or dust?
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[nq:1]Article in The Independent on the importance of grammar: http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/story.jsp?story=645257 I'm aware, by the way, that my introductory fragment contains no verb.[/nq]
'Sokay. None needed.
Dja catch the sentence that begins "This sucks in
'Sokay. None needed.
Dja catch the sentence that begins "This sucks in
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[nq:2]Article in The Independent on the importance of grammar: http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/story.jsp?story=645257[/nq]
From the QCA report: "Some people may say we don't think you should be teaching grammar and punctuation at all,"
Argh. Can we please have a m
From the QCA report: "Some people may say we don't think you should be teaching grammar and punctuation at all,"
Argh. Can we please have a m
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[nq:1]Article in The Independent on the importance of grammar: http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/story.jsp?story=645257[/nq]
One of the glaring errors found in teachers' reports is this:
Try and practise the keyboard regularly.
Am I missing something, or is
One of the glaring errors found in teachers' reports is this:
Try and practise the keyboard regularly.
Am I missing something, or is
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[nq:1]From the QCA report: "Some people may say we don't think you should be teaching grammar and punctuation at all," Argh. Can we please have a moratorium on speculation? http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid 45400/newsid 4544400/4544417.stm
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[nq:1]From the QCA report: "Some people may say we don't think you should be teaching grammar and punctuation at all," Argh. Can we please have a moratorium on speculation?[/nq]
Yep. Should've been "Some people will say".
[nq:1]http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid 4
Yep. Should've been "Some people will say".
[nq:1]http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid 4
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[nq:2]Article in The Independent on the importance of grammar: http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/story.jsp?story=645257[/nq]
[nq:1]One of the glaring errors found in teachers' reports is this: Try and practise the keyboard regularly. Am I missing something, or is that o
[nq:1]One of the glaring errors found in teachers' reports is this: Try and practise the keyboard regularly. Am I missing something, or is that o
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[nq:2]One of the glaring errors found in teachers' reports is ... I missing something, or is that one glaring rather dimly?[/nq]
[nq:1]It's the "Try and" part. A few die-hards are still holding out for "Try to."[/nq]
Ah. I'm glad Ross asked. I was wondering if it was the spelling of "practise". I hadn't thought of "try and".
Katy Jennison
spamtrap: remove the first two letters
[nq:1]It's the "Try and" part. A few die-hards are still holding out for "Try to."[/nq]
Ah. I'm glad Ross asked. I was wondering if it was the spelling of "practise". I hadn't thought of "try and".
Katy Jennison
spamtrap: remove the first two letters
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[nq:2]Article in The Independent on the importance of grammar: http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/story.jsp?story=645257[/nq]
[nq:1]One of the glaring errors found in teachers' reports is this: Try and practise the keyboard regularly. Am I missing something, or is that o
[nq:1]One of the glaring errors found in teachers' reports is this: Try and practise the keyboard regularly. Am I missing something, or is that o
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[nq:2]One of the glaring errors found in teachers' reports is ... I missing something, or is that one glaring rather dimly?[/nq]
[nq:1]That you are an indefatigable reader glares with the same intensity as your willingness to share the fruits of that reading. But why this one?[/nq]
When he described it as "glaring rather dimly," he meant that he didn't consider it an error, that it couldn'
[nq:1]That you are an indefatigable reader glares with the same intensity as your willingness to share the fruits of that reading. But why this one?[/nq]
When he described it as "glaring rather dimly," he meant that he didn't consider it an error, that it couldn'
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[nq:2]Article in The Independent on the importance of grammar: http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/story.jsp?story=645257[/nq]
[nq:1]One of the glaring errors found in teachers' reports is this: Try and practise the keyboard regularly. Am I missing something, or is that o
[nq:1]One of the glaring errors found in teachers' reports is this: Try and practise the keyboard regularly. Am I missing something, or is that o
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