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On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 17:00:18 -0800, Nobody wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:48:01 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 02:07:41 -0800 (PST)
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On Sunday, 22 November 2015 17:36:32 UTC+1, BevanPrice wrote:
Do schools teach grammar now ? Even broadcasters seem unfamiliar with it.
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e.g. saying "Manchester City suffered a defeat 'to' Liverpool, when they=
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mean a deafeat 'by' Liverpool.
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Back to the hotel review - well written - but how much does it cost - a=
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vital part of any review for those of us with limited resources.

The "rules" of grammar that may or may not be taught in schools are nothing=
more than a fossilised set of arbitrary usages chosen to reflect a combina=
tion of the patterns of speech of a particular subset of speakers of the la=
nguage, combined with wishful thinking about how the language "ought" to be=

That may be so. But the alternative is not teaching grammer at all and ending up
with even more of the kind of retarded patois you find in sink estates where
like every blood is a bro init yeah? Having a common set of rules even if
they're fixed at an arbitrary point in the languages evolution aids mutual
comprehension.

Ebonics, anyone?

Them be bad bro.