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ERIC Number: EJ232076
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Oct
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English Grammar--Can We Afford Not to Teach It?
Bassett, Patrick F.
NASSP Bulletin, v64 n438 p55-63 Oct 1980
The author makes a case for teaching traditional prescriptive grammar for 10 weeks at the beginning of the tenth grade. (JM)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grammar, Kernel Sentences, Secondary Education, Sentence Diagraming, Structural Grammar, Teachers, Traditional Grammar, Transformational Generative Grammar, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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