The Great Grammar Debate A study of grammar's place in the classroom

Introduction Grammar is often defined simply as "how words and their component parts combine to form sentences" (Oxford 2001). Unfortunately, the definition of grammar and the reality of its existence in our language are neither simple nor easily definable. Linguists have for years fought over whether the "rules" of language are fixed or dynamic, and educational theorists have toiled in a parallel mêlée over how it should be …showed first 75 words of 2091 total…

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