On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 12:32 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > Ah. But they are actually taught the grammar of the English Language in all > it's glorious detail as part of of their curriculum. It just doesn't happen > in most of the English speaking world. e.g. who under the age of 30 on this > list can tell us what a gerund is -- without looking it up.
I have found that people, regardless their age, are often confused about grammar. Many are not aware of the difference between three full-stops and ellipsis, the different uses of commas, and the different types of dashes. The GNOME Documentation Style Guide (to go slightly on-topic) explicitly forbids apostrophes because they are commonly used incorrectly! My favourite grammar question annoys many wingers: what is a person from Canterbury called? -- Michael JasonSmith http://ldots.org/
