If LJ comprises less than seventeen percent grammar communities, I will drop dead with shock.
I never learnt grammar either. There was a kind of touchy-feely 'expressing one's creativity is far more important than actually knowing how to use the language' trip in primary school teaching when I was little. Then, my supervisor (the one who accused me of 'writing like a German') made me go out and get The Elements Of Style, which really helped a lot. I've almost got my 'whiches' and 'thats' sorted now!
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Date: 2005-07-22 09:56 am (UTC)I never learnt grammar either. There was a kind of touchy-feely 'expressing one's creativity is far more important than actually knowing how to use the language' trip in primary school teaching when I was little. Then, my supervisor (the one who accused me of 'writing like a German') made me go out and get The Elements Of Style, which really helped a lot. I've almost got my 'whiches' and 'thats' sorted now!