The war against grammar /

Mulroy, David D., 1943-,

The war against grammar / [print] David Mulroy. - Portsmouth, New Hampshire : Boynton/Cook Publishers, (c)2003. - xv, 128 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - CrossCurrents . - CrossCurrents (Portsmouth, N.H.) .



Foreword America the Grammarless -- The First Liberal Art -- We've Passed This Way Before -- The War Against Grammar -- Grammar at the Dawn of the Third Millenium. Charles Schuster --

"The War Against Grammar disagrees with the establishment view that the teaching of traditional grammar is a waste of classroom time. According to David Mulroy, both history and commonsense make clear that students benefit from diagramming and learning their parts of speech - both during their school years and beyond. Drawing upon his classical training, Mulroy offers a close reading of the history of language study and of linguistic research to support his view that English teaching must revitalize grammar education - and that it will produce a generation better able to read and write complex texts."--BOOK JACKET.



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Language and languages--Study and teaching.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Study and teaching (Higher)
Teachers--Training of.

P53.M961.W373 2003 P53