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Tag: gerunds

Grammar & Mechanics Sep 30, 2010

How to Teach Verbs

We know that students have learned these parts of speech ad nauseum, but why can’t they remember them? Have their teachers been negligent or unskilled? Or…

Grammar & Mechanics Sep 27, 2010

How and When to Teach Pronouns

Why can’t students retain what they have learned about pronouns? Is it bad teaching? Is it the nature of grammatical instruction? How can we change the…

Grammar & Mechanics Sep 26, 2010

How and When to Teach Nouns

But why do teachers have to re-teach nouns every year? Is it the previous teacher’s fault? Is it the cyclical nature of instruction? Is it something…