Re: Grammar

Said  "Bill Bonde ( the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack
)"  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :


>This is the original quote from me: "An educational system which ignores
>the native grammar of a group of people is going to produce less than
>excellent results." 

This is the very reason we have languages: to avoid fragmentation into
a myriad of native grammars of small groups of people. So, it's the
other way around: an educational system which panders for little
regionalisms - specially because of some social or political agenda -
is going to produce less than excellent results. 

Culture, as it should be taught at school, must be a unifying factor,
not a fragmenting one. It should emphasize commonality, not
differences. It should aim at helping to create an identity. 


Alberto.