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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Why our language is changing for the better gooofy #206227 06/26/12 03:06 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd OP Carpal Tunnel OP zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I agree that reading lots will help with punctuation. But that's not "grammar" as I define it. Knowledge of punctuation is a writing skill, it has nothing to do with our unconscious knowledge of how the language works. Right. Unwritten languages have grammar. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Teaching Grammar zmjezhd 06/22/12 01:43 PM Re: Teaching Grammar Rhubarb Commando 06/22/12 04:22 PM Re: Teaching Grammar LukeJavan8 06/22/12 05:13 PM Re: Teaching Grammar gooofy 06/22/12 05:41 PM Re: Teaching Grammar zmjezhd 06/22/12 06:31 PM Re: Teaching Grammar gooofy 06/22/12 06:43 PM Re: Teaching Grammar tsuwm 06/22/12 08:10 PM Re: Teaching Grammar Faldage 06/22/12 10:27 PM Re: Why our language is changing for the better zmjezhd 06/22/12 11:22 PM Re: Why our language is changing for the better BranShea 06/23/12 11:22 AM Re: Why our language is changing for the better gooofy 06/24/12 12:38 AM Re: Why our language is changing for the better olly 06/26/12 04:46 AM Re: Why our language is changing for the better gooofy 06/26/12 02:49 PM Re: Why our language is changing for the better zmjezhd 06/26/12 03:06 PM Re: Why our language is changing for the better BranShea 06/26/12 06:11 PM Re: Why our language is changing for the better gooofy 06/26/12 07:38 PM Re: Why our language is changing for the better BranShea 06/26/12 08:27 PM Re: Why our language is changing for the better zmjezhd 06/27/12 08:48 AM Re: Why our language is changing for the better BranShea 06/27/12 09:26 AM Re: Why our language is changing for the better Faldage 06/27/12 10:50 AM Re: Why they peeve zmjezhd 06/27/12 03:52 PM Re: Why our language is changing for the better olly 06/26/12 10:45 PM Re: Why they peeve gooofy 06/27/12 04:48 PM Re: Why they peeve Faldage 06/27/12 05:02 PM Re: Why they peeve BranShea 06/27/12 07:47 PM Re: Why they peeve gooofy 06/27/12 09:22 PM Re: Why they peeve BranShea 06/27/12 09:32 PM Re: Why they peeve gooofy 06/27/12 09:45 PM Re: Why they parse zmjezhd 06/27/12 10:10 PM Re: Why they parse BranShea 06/28/12 09:00 AM Re: Why they parse Faldage 06/28/12 11:04 AM Re: Why they parse BranShea 06/28/12 07:30 PM Re: Why they parse gooofy 06/28/12 01:00 PM Re: Why they parse zmjezhd 06/28/12 02:00 PM Re: Why they parse gooofy 06/28/12 04:59 PM Re: Why nits zmjezhd 06/28/12 02:11 PM Re: Why nits BranShea 06/28/12 07:44 PM Re: Why they peeve zmjezhd 06/27/12 10:08 PM Re: Why they peeve gooofy 06/27/12 06:27 PM Re: Why they peeve BranShea 06/27/12 07:24 PM Re: Why they peeve Rhubarb Commando 06/27/12 08:20 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,344 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 782 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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