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Do you find English grammar important?

Posted by Expector Smith on January 20, 2010

Some people may think English grammar is important. To make a grammatically correct sentence, you need to learn grammar such as verb tenses, prepositions, countable/uncountalbe nouns, collocations and so on - it definitely takes a lot of time and effort to learn all of them. And, if you want to pass an English test such as TOEFL, IELTS, you also need to learn grammar. Thus, people here (where I live) usually spend a lot of time learning grammar and they may start to learn it from the very beginning of their learning of English.

Some other people, however, insist that taking so much time to learn grammar is useless or just a waste of time. They reason that a child who lives in an English-speaking country can speak fluently and understand what others are saying very well, but they may not know much grammar.

I'm reading another English grammar book enthusiastically.

Do you find grammar important? 

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  • Expector Smith October 30, 2014 10:26

    @ALESSANDRA

    Thanks for the comment. Yes, grammar is so important. 

  • Expector Smith September 29, 2014 23:41

    Hi Erica,

    Thank you for the nice comment. I'm so pleased you find it necessary to learn grammar. In fact, sometimes, you have to learn English grammar, particularly when you need to take English tests. 

    Thanks again,

    Expector

  • Expector Smith December 7, 2013 8:24

    Hi Kayla,

    Thank you for the comment. Yes, you can say that again. In fact, I can't imagine learning English without learning grammar. But, for native speakers, they may not be aware that they're making sentences according to grammar.

    Thanks again!

  • Expector Smith September 30, 2012 0:13

    Thanks for the comment, Chardra! Non-English speakers really need to learn some English grammar if they do want to improve their English.

  • selma February 2, 2011 12:58

    Hi Expector,

    I agree with you. Although saying of unnecessary grammar learning, it is important that it should be a reference for those who : "ESL in their country".

    However I want to suggest to listen this podcast; (As to me; I approach this issue multifaceted, I try to use every way including grammar.)

    http://teacherluke.podomatic.com/player/web/2010-09-16T15_43_04-07_00

    I hope to be closed your discussion.

    Selma

  • Expector Smith February 2, 2011 8:16
    Thanks for the comment, selma! And, thanks for sharing the link. Yes, we should learn some grammar.
  • Expector Smith February 1, 2011 13:44

    Hi Andria,

    Thanks for the informative comment. So, that makes two of us. I think grammar is very important too, even though it's also true that native English speakers can speak very good English without being aware of the correct grammar usage. Yes, children in an English-speaking country can speak English very well without learning any grammar. But I doubt if it will work for non-native learners.

    Thanks again,

    Expector

  • Expector Smith February 1, 2011 12:27

    @roshdy: Thanks for the comment.

     

    @DarkSpot: It's hard to say which is most important. I guess you need to learn all of them.

  • roshdy October 2, 2010 0:22
    it is important to improve our english in conversation
  • Expector Smith October 2, 2010 0:01
    Hi anele,

    You can say that again. It seems to me that learning some grammar might be the answer, if your mother tongue isn't English. Glad you found it important and thanks for your comment!
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