Principled Eclecticism
According to Michael Swan, when teaching grammar, we should reject nothing on doctrinaire grounds: * deductive teaching through explanations and examples, * inductive discovery activities, * rule-learning, * peer-teaching, *…
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According to Michael Swan, when teaching grammar, we should reject nothing on doctrinaire grounds: * deductive teaching through explanations and examples, * inductive discovery activities, * rule-learning, * peer-teaching, *…
There are several grammarians and linguists that are always exciting to read and listen to, and Steven Pinker is definitely one of them. His article in the Guardian revisits 10…
http://divergenteye.blogspot.com/2014/02/grammar-check-infographic-10-common.html
GRAMMAR – the singular “they” https://www.lexico.com/en/grammar/he-or-she-versus-they
SOURCE http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/30/10-grammar-rules-you-can-forget
The basic tag questions are general English, shared by British and American: informational: ‘You don’t wear glasses, do you?’ (I’m not sure, but think you don’t. Am I right?) inclusive:…