[Gllug] Re: [very OT] Monthly GLLUG grammar report

[D]

THIS IS GETTING BORING NOW!

who cares if someone writes crap : ).

D!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Dye" <jonathan.dye at automationpartnership.com>
To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 11:48 AM
Subject: RE: [Gllug] Re: [very OT] Monthly GLLUG grammar report


> Tethys wrote:
> > Jonathan Dye writes:
> >
> >>> You left school quite some time ago, or at least didn't go to any
> >>> as bad as I did.
> >>>
> >>> [...]
> >>
> >> I don't remember doing much in the way of English language when I
> >> was at school (only a few years ago), it all seemed to concentrate
> >> on English Literature at secondary school and my primary school
> >> experience seemed to miss out quite a few things.
> >
> > When I was at school (in the '80s), English was split exactly 50/50
> > between language and literature. Both were compulsory, and while I
> > wouldn't say there was a strong emphasis on grammar and spelling,
> > we certainly had all the rules explained to us, and were marked down
> > for grammatical and spelling errors.
>
> We had to do both an English Language and an English Literature GCSE
> (although if you were bad at Language you spent 100% on Language and did
> only that exam).  We certainly got marked down for bad spelling and
grammer
> but I don't actually remember being taugh much Language past primary age.
I
> guess if I had ended up in the Language only group I would have!  Pitty
> really as I ended up having to resit my English Language GCSE to get a
good
> enough grade to go to University.  At the time I didn't care enough about
> English Language to work at it but I r egret that now.
>
> JD
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
> This message has been checked for all known viruses by the
> MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service
>
> --
> Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
> http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug
>



-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug