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I have to agree. As a teacher I hear kids mispronouncing things a lot. I provide the correct model (rather than correcting) which is more positive. eg child says "I goed to the shop" I say "Oh you WENT to the shop". etc Parents don't seem to do thins, hence the incorrect model is...

No offense taken I see you are mainly talking about High School and I can't comment there. As I mentioned it is in the curriculum but so are thousands of other things. Years ago we had an English syllabus (one book). Now we have dozens (English only) on text types, literacy, talking and...

There are some weird expressions in this thread that are incorrect. I'm not sure if people are meaning them as a pun or if they're serious. It's funny how people think they are saying things correctly and mix up sayings.

hahaha!!. Very funny:D Since when? I've always used them and teachers I know do too. Drop the E add ING. etc. My kids (class kids) know the difference between vowels and consonants before they go to Year 1. Grammar IS in the primary school curriculum. It doesn't need to be reintroduced.

Now I know English is not the easiest language and some of the grammar (and spelling) is confusing but there are some basics that everyone should know. You don't realise how silly our spelling is until you start teaching it to little kids. It's very confusing. Why do we need 4 ways to say...