Correcting Grammar

[Anonymous]

I do, always. Kid is 5. She is bilingual so some things are tricky for her due to that. I offer corrections in both languages. Quickly and move on. She usually repeats it the right way and goes on with whatever she was doing. No dwelling about it, no saying "you're wrong" etc. But for now i limit it to spoken language, in writing as long as it makes sense i don't correct since english is tricky with phonemes and learning to read and write in two different languages and alphabets is hard enough.

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Anonymous wrote:Always. I was an English major and daughter of a trial lawyer.

I'm the daughter of an editor and my father never corrected my grammar, except when I asked him to proofread my papers. Research shows it doesn't help.

Oh sure. “Research!” I can tell you for a fact it helps

Yeah, and where is your PhD from?
https://www.romper.com/p/should-i-be-correcting-my-toddlers-language-the-answer-might-surprise-you-19301754

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Always. I was an English major and daughter of a trial lawyer.

+1 I even correct my kids when they use imprecise descriptors. Is it big? Or is it tall and narrow? It is probably annoying, but now they use adverbs correctly and know to avoid ghastly hyperbole.

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Anonymous wrote:Always. I was an English major and daughter of a trial lawyer.

+1 I even correct my kids when they use imprecise descriptors. Is it big? Or is it tall and narrow? It is probably annoying, but now they use adverbs correctly and know to avoid ghastly hyperbole.

PP and should add that my great grandmother taught elocution.

It’s genetic for me!

I like being known as articulate and easy to understand. I’m the voice of my company’s voicemail system.

[Anonymous]

Yes. My kids will learn the difference between less and fewer.

[Anonymous]

It depends on whether or not it is a developmental mistake. If a 4-year-old said "Today was the bestest day" I wouldn't correct that. But if they said, "He ain't got no money" I would definitely correct that.

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Anonymous wrote:It depends on whether or not it is a developmental mistake. If a 4-year-old said "Today was the bestest day" I wouldn't correct that. But if they said, "He ain't got no money" I would definitely correct that.

Bestest to me sounds awful also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I correct it by finding a way to repeat back to them what they said, using the corrected grammar, but in the service of moving the conversation along so the correction isn’t the focus. For example, “I want less potatoes!” “Why do you want fewer potatoes? They’re so delicious!” “He goed to the park today.” “He went to the park today? Which park?”

+1. This is how I do it with my 4yo, for things I deem important. For many things, I let them go if they are advanced. And some things, I let go because it’s so cute

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you correct your children's grammar. Personally I don't. I hate being corrected when I talked as a child so I don't ever want to do that to my child. I had an aunt who was extremely annoying always correcting my grammar as a child and then she asked my parents why I'm so quiet and in my head I was thinking because everything I say is wrong so I'll just shut up.

You bet you life, I do. We are judged by how we speak our native tongue. If you, or your kid, do not know correct verb tense or say ain't, I judge you as illiterate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Always do it, regardless of how you liked it. There are ways to complement their thoughts without compromising on grammar.

I actually can't tell if you meant complement vs. compliment here.

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Anonymous wrote:Always do it, regardless of how you liked it. There are ways to complement their thoughts without compromising on grammar.

I actually can't tell if you meant complement vs. compliment here.

Compliment. Sorry. Phone spell check. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Someone has to do something about the “Me and Larla went to the park.” Honesty I can’t take it anymore!

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"research" is like "statistics"

[Anonymous]

I always correct my kids’ grammar. They catch on quickly too, so I feel justified.

Frankly, there’s an epidemic of bad spelling and grammar. If my kids’ teachers send another email with misspellings I might lose my mind.

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Anonymous wrote:I correct it by finding a way to repeat back to them what they said, using the corrected grammar, but in the service of moving the conversation along so the correction isn’t the focus. For example, “I want less potatoes!” “Why do you want fewer potatoes? They’re so delicious!” “He goed to the park today.” “He went to the park today? Which park?”

I do something like this. Once in a while I will make a more explicit correction when I think it will be useful, but most stuff I think they will figure out on their own. Also, my kids go to Catholic school, so they should be taught grammar explicitly at some point at school.