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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
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To be cursive writing

I appreciate none of the above are actually very helpful, but fundamentally I don’t think that it is developmentally appropriate for Reception children to be cursive writing.

https://abcdoes.com/abc-does-a-blog/2017/07/01/cursive-writing-in-reception-a-good-idea/

Is "to be cursive writing" an infinitive phrase functioning as an adjective- modifying "children"?

  

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com/abc-does-a-blog/2017/07/01/cursive-writing-in-reception-a-good-idea / The English at that link is not very careful—the first sentence begins with "I am regularly get emails". to be cursive writing". Jigneshbharati Is "to be cursive writing" an infinitive phrase That is its outward structure, yes.

  • com/abc-does-a-blog/2017/07/01/cursive-writing-in-reception-a-good-idea / The English at that link is not very careful—the first sentence begins with "I am regularly get emails".
  • to be cursive writing".
  • Jigneshbharati Is "to be cursive writing" an infinitive phrase That is its outward structure, yes.
  • Jigneshbharati functioning as an adjective- modifying "children"?
  • I don't see how children could be a style of penmanship.
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Jigneshbharatihttps://abcdoes.com/abc-does-a-blog/2017/07/01/cursive-writing-in-reception-a-good-idea/

The English at that link is not very careful—the first sentence begins with "I am regularly get emails". Therefore, I am very doubtful of

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JigneshbharatiI don’t think that it is developmentally appropriate for Reception children to be cursive writing.

Does the clause above make sense?

I think that the non-finite clause should be: ...for children to be taught cursive writing.

Am I right?

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