Saturday, August 25, 2012
My Grammar Skills in the Making
My grammar skills... Where to start? Junior High taught me some pretty important skills about grammar and I learned a ton. Elementary school wasn't the best. As a whole though, the grammar skills that have been glued to my brain have been super effective. I'm obviously trying to improve as the year goes by too, but I have a pretty firm base that will let me grow more as a writer. When I'm learning about all different kinds of grammar, it reminds me of learning a new formula in math. You have to look for certain things and figure out the "equation" or the words of the problem (or in this instance, the sentence). There is alway a formula for what you need to solve. I'm just grateful my parents pushed me to work hard at english all the years in school. Now, my grammar skills are effective enough to help me get into a honors english class. I cant wait to keep improving.
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Impressive, I personally am good at applying grammar in my writing, but am not as good at identifying it in someone elses words. Hopefully I'll be as good as you someday.
ReplyDeleteMath can be considered a language, just like English, so math problems can be compared to sentences. No one ever thinks "Alright, PLUS. That means adding!" unless they're six. I admire how you're optimistic, though.
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