Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 9 JUNE 1972 | Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex HCO BULLETIN OF 9 JUNE 1972 |
GRAMMAR | GRAMMAR |
In all word clearing all Grammatical Words and small words should be looked up in a simple grammar textbook. | In all word clearing all Grammatical Words and small words should be looked up in a simple grammar textbook. |
Very few dictionaries have full definitions for such words and they have no examples. | Very few dictionaries have full definitions for such words and they have no examples. |
Words like “a” “the” “and” are really parts of language construction and are more complex than they at first appear. | Words like “a” “the” “and” are really parts of language construction and are more complex than they at first appear. |
A Word Clearing Auditor should have a simple grammar book to hand as well as dictionaries. | A Word Clearing Auditor should have a simple grammar book to hand as well as dictionaries. |
The best Grammar textbooks are those compiled for persons foreign to a language, like immigrants. These do not contain the supposition that the student is already an English professor. | The best Grammar textbooks are those compiled for persons foreign to a language, like immigrants. These do not contain the supposition that the student is already an English professor. |
Lots of examples is the real test of a good grammar. | Lots of examples is the real test of a good grammar. |
When doing the Study Tapes or Student Hat lack of a simple grammar textbook can really throw the student off.. | When doing the Study Tapes or Student Hat lack of a simple grammar textbook can really throw the student off.. |
Those “simple” words can be the huge rocks that stand on the highway to becoming a word clear. | Those “simple” words can be the huge rocks that stand on the highway to becoming a word clear. |
So a Grammar is needed. | So a Grammar is needed. |
If a student is very deficient (lacking) in grammar it is best to make him do a whole simple grammar text first before he begins to get into just words. The words won’t hang together for him. | If a student is very deficient (lacking) in grammar it is best to make him do a whole simple grammar text first before he begins to get into just words. The words won’t hang together for him. |
It takes less time to do a short textbook in Grammar than it does to struggle with grammar all the way through. | It takes less time to do a short textbook in Grammar than it does to struggle with grammar all the way through. |
Grammar can look like a ghastly subject until one really looks at it. Then it’s easy. | Grammar can look like a ghastly subject until one really looks at it. Then it’s easy. |
Founder | Founder |