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Correct. I mastered it by high school. Then why did they get accepted? That's a rhetorical question. My point being that if theyre not...

One's supposition is correct, but it is more complicated than just the backs. The banks and other financial institutions raise...

I don't know what conditions could cause raising interest rates to exacerbate inflation.

I don't think your views conflict with mine. A course on technical writing is not the same thing as a course in English grammar.

I've recommended graduate students take a course in technical writing after reviewing theses or dissertations. I even sent a...

Nobody masters English grammar in grade school. Because most students at uni have not mastered the basics. Most university students...

Isn't that what grade school is for? Why waste time in uni on the basics? Isn't that what application interviews and entrance exams are...

So if that's what you think now, do you agree with me that universities in America should require undergraduates to take courses in...

I'll say this: I always thought that it's not that important. As long as the point comes across right? Then I had to do tech support via...

Should universities require students to take courses on English grammar?

"I am older than she" never made sense to me. "I am older that she is" sounds correct, but with out the "is" feels wrong.

To some degree, this thread is inspired by PF user erobz's thread "Why do we spend so much time learning grammar in the public school...

A few years ago I was talking to another trucker in the driver's lounge at a truckstop about inflation. This other trucker said that...

Okay thank you

Cattle and horses.