Formal grammar is 'ineffective'
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Researchers claim that teaching formal grammar is not the best way to teach writing.
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In my most recent Times column, I reviewed macro software that automates common tasks on your Mac or PC. I opened the article with a reference to a 1986 M.I.T. study, which concluded that people are less productive with computers, not more. And as a joke, I concluded the story with this: âThe bottom line: [...].
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Most people are content to let their word processor determine hyphenation and  text breaks for them. And, most of the time, the result is acceptable if they do. However, just as the default justification can be improved if you want to take the time, so can the text flow. OpenOffice.org has the tools you need, but improving the text flow is as much about knowing the conventions of text flow (what you might think of as the typographical grammar) as the settings themselves.
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Per cancellare il comma inserito nella manovra
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HOUSTON - That's one small word for astronaut Neil Armstrong, one giant revision for grammar sticklers everywhere.
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Among my collected papers: a one-sentence rejection letter of my novel 'David Clopperfield.'
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Finding the right words for tricky conversations with children.
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Tycho: There were some truly unconscionable spelling issues with the 1.0 version of that last post. I think I got them all. But I am afraid to look.(CW)TB
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Head teachers and language experts say it is harder to get good grades in modern languages than other GCSEs.
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Josh Sharp has posted a new article to his blog advocating something that there's still a lot of controversy around in the PHP community - frameworks (when to use them and when to not).   PHP's ease of use is also its downfall. Because there are less restrictions on the structure of the code you write, it's much easier to write bad code. But there is a solution: use a framework. [...] Of course, if you're not taken with any of the packages above you can also write your own framework, which I've done and will talk about in the next few posts. But for now, let's have a look at the common benefits of a framework.   He's broken it out to talk about the usual framework structure, MVC and how a framework can enforce good code standards. He also mentions some happy side benefits of their use including making for "pretty URLs" and the helpers that most of the frameworks come with.
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Calling this one a statement game doesn't do it justice.
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Report laments 'phrase book' standards Foreign language teaching in the UK's state schools has been reduced to "the sort of thing you find in a 'get by' phrase book", claims a doom-and-gloom report published yesterday.â¦
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It seems preposterous even to type the following sentence: The television version of âGossip Girlâ on CW tonight does not quite live up to the novels.
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Grammar schools should twin with failing comprehensives to improve standards, a government adviser says.
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Being English can be fraught with peril. Consider, for instance, the dilemma posed by peas.
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A consensus exists among many writers about jargon. Throw a bunch of undefined words at a reader and he or she will soon fall asleep. In fact, put one term in a paragraph that the reader doesn't understand and a page or two later sleep will start to creep and the reader will lose interest.
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There are times when having an English degree comes in handy for looking at the business world. This is one of those times because the only way to grasp the essence of the Hewlett-Packard and "backdated" stock options scandals is to speak in plain English instead of using euphemisms that obscure...