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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does she read a lot? I find reading is the best way to absorb grammar. [/quote]

But by 13, assuming English is the primary home language and school language, I don't think it is about reading anymore for the kind of grammar mistakes she is making. I think this is a language disorder.  [/quote]
I disagree.  My American born children whose primary language is English also learn grammar through reading complex text.[/quote]

Of course, but hearing that "I catched a cold" is wrong and knowing it is "I caught a cold" is something that people don't need to read complex text to learn.  That is pretty basic, and OP is right to be concerned that a 12 year old speaking that way will make her seem babyish to other kids.   If she is growing up in an english speaking environment and has parents and teachers speaking correctly, that is an outliear.

Her dd needs to be evaluated and needs targeted help.  Just reading isn't going to help.  She needs real help to learn it.  [/quote]

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