Anonymous wrote:

If your daughter is under 10, and actually USES correct grammar like this -- my inner English teacher applauds you. (But, I'd also caution you that your daughter may become extremely unpopular if she holds to the Queen's English at all times).

(Except for the part where it's perfectly correct to say, "What do you want to be famous for?".)

I cannot believe the suggestion that she is either on the spectrum or needs a social skills group. To use those conclusions as an insult is offensive to all SN kids and families.

Anonymous wrote:No she is not. Most kids I know use proper grammar from a young age.

Bullshit.

I know this is a highly eduated area. I live in one of the best school districts, where high schoolers certainly CAN recognize a preposition hanging at the end of a sentence.... but that doesn't stop them from committing this grammatical "sin" regularly.

If your daughter is under 10, and actually USES correct grammar like this -- my inner English teacher applauds you. (But, I'd also caution you that your daughter may become extremely unpopular if she holds to the Queen's English at all times).

But to intimate that we have a bunch of 5 and 6 year olds walking around saying, "For what do you wish to be famous?" is just pure B.S. Most highly educated ADULTS in this area don't routinely speak like that.

Op I'd be concerned about her not being able to re formulate her question.

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Anonymous wrote:Overheard a conversation with DD and her friends. One friend announced that she wants to be famous when she grows up. My daughter asked, "For what will you be famous?"

They had no idea what she was talking about. DD repeated the question (in the same way) two times. Then another friend got it and said, "Ohhhh! She means what do you want to be famous for?"

DD could not understand why she wasn't understood.

Your DD has trouble with social skills and reading social queues. She needs a social skills group.

And you need a dictionary. Queues are lines in which people stand to wait for something. Cues are signals others give us.

But hey, at least you spelled "queue" correctly!

Lovely to see someone who can't even use "cue" lecturing the OP on her kid's use of words. OP, don't discourage your child from speaking properly. She won't get beaten up at school for it though others will end up envious when she is regarded by teachers as smart and articulate. And she doesn't need a social skills group; the other kids need parents who pay some attention to how the kids speak.

+!

Sounds a bit too formal for conversation. Agree that most people (kid or adult) would say something like "for what?"

Anonymous wrote:I guess I thought about it differently.

Kids this age think about being famous as a state of being, something intrinsic to the person. They don't think about being famous "for" something.

+1... I thought this was about her being very intellectual rather than a great grammarian. We don't even know the child's age . She cooks very well be 16 rather than 6.

Anonymous wrote:Your snowflake is obviously very advanced. Bravo Larla!

+1

I don't even know why you let her associate with those heathen children. Isolate her immediately for her protection!

It is not a big deal. Forget about it and move on.

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Anonymous wrote:Overheard a conversation with DD and her friends. One friend announced that she wants to be famous when she grows up. My daughter asked, "For what will you be famous?"

They had no idea what she was talking about. DD repeated the question (in the same way) two times. Then another friend got it and said, "Ohhhh! She means what do you want to be famous for?"

DD could not understand why she wasn't understood.

Your DD has trouble with social skills and reading social queues. She needs a social skills group.

And you need a dictionary. Queues are lines in which people stand to wait for something. Cues are signals others give us.

But hey, at least you spelled "queue" correctly!

Lovely to see someone who can't even use "cue" lecturing the OP on her kid's use of words. OP, don't discourage your child from speaking properly. She won't get beaten up at school for it though others will end up envious when she is regarded by teachers as smart and articulate. And she doesn't need a social skills group; the other kids need parents who pay some attention to how the kids speak.

It's NOT any more "correct" to phrase sentences this way in English. Certainly parochial schools forced the notion on many, but that was due to the fact that they also usually taught Latin -- a language in which it's impossible to end a sentence in a preposition.

I say this as a linguistics major: speaking this way is not more correct than putting the preposition at the end of the sentence.

How old is she? I've taught MS for years and there were always a few unique kids who had fun with words and wordplay and liked to try out what they read in books. I'm an English teacher, so I always thought they were fun.

I don't even say that, even though I know it's correct. I would write it properly, but you just sound like a snot saying it, especially in casual conversation. Not that your daughter is a snot. She'll figure it out at school, I'm sure, when she hears other kids.

Your snowflake is obviously very advanced. Bravo Larla!

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, my kids don't speak like that. Mine would have been "for what?" Not sure it matters all that much at this point, either way.

I agree. Or, in any case, I can imagine myself using both "For what will you be famous?" and "What will you be famous for?".

("I'm going to be famous."
"What will you be famous for?"
"I'm going to be famous for my ability to cook frittatas while swinging on a trapeze."
"For WHAT will you be famous?" )