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Leaving school without a basic grasp of grammar in the 90s

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Hjsjshsn · 29/12/2025 11:25

That’s it really. I even managed to get a degree. Thankfully my first job in the civil service, they gave us all grammar training. I managed to get through a state education with a national curriculum that didn’t teach grammar. Therefore, if like me your school education didn’t include grammar - when did you realise and how did you overcome it later (if you ever did)?

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PhoenixRisingHigher · 01/01/2026 02:20

washinwashoutrepeat · 30/12/2025 07:37

It was awful! As a teacher now, one of my favourites phrases is ‘let’s look in the dictionary!’

I left school not even knowing what a noun was!

Same! I learn from that song teardrops, love love is a verb, love is a doing word.

Thats seriously what taught me as an adult what a verb is !

PhoenixRisingHigher · 01/01/2026 02:21

Massive attack teardrop

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