GRAMMAR ain't what it used to be. Kids used to know the lot: transitive verbs, past participles, co-ordinating conjunctions...
Back in them days, they learned the precise construction of everything from Dickens to the plays what Shakespeare wrote.
Today, children are not force-fed grammar at school. And York University researchers say they are fine without it.
Their conclusion is likely to prove controversial.
This is the sort of wishy-washy thinking up with which purists will not put.
Updated: 10:54 Wednesday, January 19, 2005
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