Re: Grammar

I don't know...I think you pick things up like that without really thinking
about it. I read a lot when I was a kid too, and that seemed to really help me
learn how to spell correctly. C O R R E C T L Y. See?

I think we only write as well as we read.

Jim

Walter Froese wrote:

> Meghan...Your observations are interesting to me, because I too spent much
> of my youth reading but I don't remember paying any attention to punctuation
> as I read. When I was in public schools there was a fair amount of emphasis
> on grammar but I sadly didn't pay much attention (its an even bet that I was
> doing personal reading during the lesson). Now I wish I had a better grasp
> of it all...Walter
>
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> [mailto:owner-bananafish@roughdraft.org]On Behalf Of m e g h a n
> Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 2:09 PM
> To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> Subject: Re: Grammar
>
> I can't recall ever receiving a proper grammer lesson in school, except for
> once in 4th grade. The only reason I remember it is because I cheated on the
> last question, and I got it wrong. Incidently, the answer to the question
> was a semi-colon, and I still do not know when to use a semi-colon. I do
> have to say that because I read a lot when I was a kid(infact thats pretty
> much all I ever did), I had learned a lot about grammer from observing the
> way it was used in books.
>
> Meghan
>
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