Grammatically Correct

Darren, over at Right on the Left Coast, reports that good grammar is in vogue once again:

Today the major Sacramento newspaper ran an article entitled It's Hip To Be Grammatically Correct, and my heart soared. Two books about grammar were mentioned in the article--and I've read them both. Recently. Personally, I thought Eats, Shoots and Leaves was, how shall I put it nicely, not so good, but Woe Is I was extremely well-written.

How times have changed.

I well remember an incident in 1995 when some visiting officials from the California Department of Education "reported" to both district and state that a colleague of mine was "caught" teaching grammar rules to his 7th grade (G.A.T.E.) Language Arts class.

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