I think the issue with grammar is an ongoing one. For me personally I always thought grammar to be diagrams and rules and only diagrams and rules. However, Hartwell's article certainly opens my eyes to the misconceptions I have about grammar. Grammar is not about the diagrams...it's about far more:
1. Internal rules
2. Technical rules, analysis, and linguistic sciences
3. Linguistic is not grammar etiquette
4. School Grammar
5. Stylistic Grammar
I thought number 4 was all it was about. But now I am beginning to see that grammar is a more complex topic. It is all five of these points interwoven with each other. I feel like you can't have one without the other but our instincts and responses are based on our internal rules. It's a lot like the ten commandments...you cant break one without breaking the first commandment. In grammar, you can't break the others without breaking the first. I believe we all know what is correct and right, but we often go against that. I believe that is how I can help students...but realizing that grammar isn't a singular rule and class...it's a network of the inter-workings of all five of the above points.
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