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Act versus pass (WAS Disp versus App-Which One? ) (slightly O T/r a nt)
Subject:Act versus pass (WAS Disp versus App-Which One? ) (slightly O T/r a nt) From:Barbara Yanez <BarbaraYanez -at- cogentsystems -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:52:43 -0800
I might add that as an adult, grammar became one of my hobbies. I loved
thinking about the finer nuances of the differences among verb tenses, etc.
But as a kid, blech! You truly were a rare bird! :-)
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Sue Gallagher writes:
I used to think that diagraming sentences
was great fun! And in college, I'd use sentence diagrams to help me make
sense
out of exceptionally dense text
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> Jo Byrd writes:
>
> For some reason I managed to get through grade school and
> most of high
> school
> without having a grasp of grammar...
Barbara Yanez says:
>
>
> You and I had the same experience. I didn't understand
> grammar very well
> when in elementary school, high school, etc., - in fact I DETESTED
ths
> subject...
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