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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The title should read, "Teachers using poor grammar."

Actually, it should be "Teachers' using"

No, it shouldn't.

The gerund should take the possessive form.

'using' in this case is not a gerund. As PP said, it is a noun phrase

And since it is a title, there shouldn't be a period at the end.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The title should read, "Teachers using poor grammar."

Actually, it should be "Teachers' using"

No, it shouldn't.

The gerund should take the possessive form.

'using' in this case is not a gerund. As PP said, it is a noun phrase

That's not a gerund. The thread title is a noun phrase used alone without a predicate.

Muphry's Law

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The title should read, "Teachers using poor grammar."

Actually, it should be "Teachers' using"

No, it shouldn't.

The gerund should take the possessive form.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The title should read, "Teachers using poor grammar."

Actually, it should be "Teachers' using"

No, it shouldn't.

Anonymous wrote:The title should read, "Teachers using poor grammar."

Actually, it should be "Teachers' using"

Nobody has perfect grammar. Look at the different style manuals that different press outlets use. They differ on certain smaller things. Google "serial comma" and find how big a fight that is. lol.

Personally, I think exposing your kids to your own conversations, as well as to books and other media where good grammar is used, is more important than exposure to just one teacher.

Here's a helpful site:

http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/grammar.htm

Language evolves over time. What an older person may consider unacceptable language use may be acceptable to another sub-group of the population. Changes in oral language lead to changes in written language. We don't speak or write like Shakespeare, do we? Imagine what Shakespeare would think of the way we speak/write today.

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future10 wrote:I see it routinely all over this board, too. Grammar and spelling slip-ups are not unique to teachers. It happens, especially in writing, because when we are typing/writing we are "translating" from the sounds in our head which, in English, often do not match the orthographic pattern we need. There's research on this if you are interested in pursuing the topic.

Do you have a link or know what this is called? I'd love to read more about the topic.

Here are a couple you may enjoy:

https://www.wired.com/2014/08/wuwt-typos/

http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/why-your-brain-makes-grammar-mistakes#sm.000015q8jlnx2mf2uvoykas6nmc0d

Anonymous wrote:My DS's K teacher said "he is doing really good in reading" at the PT conference. Ahhhh!!!

Did she also tell you where "he is at" in math? This makes me cringe!