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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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To: Jack Clarke who wrote (680)1/10/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) of 4710
 
Hi Jack,
Gosh, I sure hope we can base a friendship on more than needing to agree about grammar! And I absolutely agree about "It is I" being a written and formal usage thing (See prior post to Alex), not always appropriate. But if we don't teach our children to "hear" it as correct, they won't accept itinto their working mental dictionary. Until middle school years, children seem to have two separate abilities -creative writing and grammar- and these aren't integrated well at all. I can't remember where I read this, but I've watched it happen in my sons. Right around 8th grade they both began to put the skills together. It's a fascinating process, and I wonder if schools are addressing it in the most productive way.
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