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Ted Thorn (20)
This is a good topic, one where we can vent our frustrations. Mine is "should of, could of, would of, must of". Nothing demonstrates the failure of modern education to teach basic English grammar more than those examples. They're supposed to be "should have, could have, etc" or the contraction "should've, could've, etc".
I was studying French at the local TAFE and the teacher also taught French at a high school in Canberra. She told me that she had to teach her students English grammar in her French class because they had no knowledge of subjects, objects, pronouns, etc and she felt that they needed to know English grammar before they could understand French grammar. As anyone who has learned French would know, it has very strict rules of grammar.
I was studying French at the local TAFE and the teacher also taught French at a high school in Canberra. She told me that she had to teach her students English grammar in her French class because they had no knowledge of subjects, objects, pronouns, etc and she felt that they needed to know English grammar before they could understand French grammar. As anyone who has learned French would know, it has very strict rules of grammar.