tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post1061629593812135873..comments2024-03-28T08:14:28.881-04:00Comments on Authoress: Grammar: It's Not Just For Kids AnymoreAuthoresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09223228949688667517noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-25047181239568960232011-08-23T15:47:48.655-04:002011-08-23T15:47:48.655-04:00I am one of those adults who struggle with grammar...I am one of those adults who struggle with grammar. Embarrassed? Yes very embarrassed! I am very new to the writing game, it is a mid-life crisis hobby that I love doing, but I am not very good at. I would like to say thank you for the resources, I could really use a hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-636480951135483282011-08-10T07:25:44.373-04:002011-08-10T07:25:44.373-04:00Yep. :)Yep. :)Authoresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223228949688667517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-86008649935715888042011-08-10T02:23:58.259-04:002011-08-10T02:23:58.259-04:00I don't know how to explain what a gerund is, ...I don't know how to explain what a gerund is, but I know how to use it. Is that enough?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-76415839224924564852011-08-07T04:27:03.940-04:002011-08-07T04:27:03.940-04:00Grammar is just a useful way of keeping track of h...Grammar is just a useful way of keeping track of how to structure the different things you want to say. In Chinese we don't have tenses or anything like that. English doesn't really have them either, not like French or German. The hardest thing for me in English are the prepositions. They are totally random and there are so many of them! You just have to learn them one by one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-47750513750104895852011-08-03T22:53:04.171-04:002011-08-03T22:53:04.171-04:00I teach 5th grade and no matter how you dress it u...I teach 5th grade and no matter how you dress it up and sing about it, a large chunk of grammar escapes even the most gifted young mind. I swear it's when you learn a second language that it all comes together in the gray matter.Leslie S. Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17122865337924270039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-86396035758636084642011-08-03T20:33:33.035-04:002011-08-03T20:33:33.035-04:00Ha ha! Only five worthy comments on grammar so far...Ha ha! Only five worthy comments on grammar so far! Shocker. :) But seriously, my copyeditor put me on Front Street for my grammar. Ask me if I like Front Street. Go ahead, ask. :)Anna Bankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216213561070725760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-15918966468707744432011-08-03T13:41:10.843-04:002011-08-03T13:41:10.843-04:00And native English speakers who learn another lang...And native English speakers who learn another language in school (grade school, high school) also have a better grasp on the parts of speech, tenses, etc. Yet another argument for requiring kids to learn a second language. Just sayin'.Gail S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-15704860705238467422011-08-03T13:36:59.652-04:002011-08-03T13:36:59.652-04:00I made straight A's in English only because I ...I made straight A's in English only because I had an ear for it and knew how things are supposed to sound. I write now the same way. I know how it's supposed to be...I know what a possessive pronoun is...I know what adverbs are...but tell me to conjugate a verb and you'll see a blank stare. I could no more tell you what that means than I can scale a building with my toes. LOL. And gerunds? I'd have to Google it. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-48588816894159305972011-08-03T13:25:14.316-04:002011-08-03T13:25:14.316-04:00@Shakier - I just brought this up yesterday! My bo...@Shakier - I just brought this up yesterday! My boyfriend is a native Mexican who came to the US at 10 speaking no English. And you know what? He knows grammar and spelling better than I do. Especially spelling! Which makes him the most awesome of proofreaders. :)<br /><br />Authoress - thank you for sharing your wisdom with the youth and the not-so-youth.Danielle La Pagliahttp://www.daniellelapaglia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-81854949495453116002011-08-03T12:46:32.558-04:002011-08-03T12:46:32.558-04:00Wow, this post made me feel so much better. I am ...Wow, this post made me feel so much better. I am one of those people that can put the sentence together correctly but can't explain all the rules.<br /><br />HollyDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3615675676021392217.post-40214395205895890382011-08-03T11:18:58.317-04:002011-08-03T11:18:58.317-04:00As someone who's tutored ESL (English as a sec...As someone who's tutored ESL (English as a second language) students, I can tell you that those of us who grew up learning English as babies tend not to know as much about all those terms as folks learning English as adults. We learned by immersion. Someone who grew up speaking Chinese needs to deliberately learn the rules of how to put sentences together and what all the tenses are called. <br /><br />Think of it this way: if you learned to play piano without any lessons, just taught yourself by banging around on the keys, you might become good at it, maybe even great. Maybe you'd be able to play along with Mozart by ear. But you wouldn't necessarily know the names for the types of chords you were playing. There's no shame in it. You just learn as you go.Shakier Anthemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16169934547082128953noreply@blogger.com