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Feb 10, 2004 14:22:01 GMT -5
Post by Papal on Feb 10, 2004 14:22:01 GMT -5
Perhaps when a business letter is written,then yes.But when text messages,the internet and Instant messages are cincerned I would have to disagree.When we are taught English we were mainly concerned with the oral side of the language.Some of my friends here in the UK inform me that they are not even taught grammar in school and that it is not recognised as a significant subject in the Higher Education system.
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Unlimited
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Feb 10, 2004 21:10:34 GMT -5
Post by Unlimited on Feb 10, 2004 21:10:34 GMT -5
Then your friends are being taught y hobo's in allyways. In the UK, English is seen as a very important subject and is the only subject you are forced to take until your final year.
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Feb 11, 2004 3:09:37 GMT -5
Post by Francos Spain on Feb 11, 2004 3:09:37 GMT -5
I take offense. I gots learned by hobos in alleyways an' I's terned out fine.
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Feb 11, 2004 9:03:39 GMT -5
Post by Papal on Feb 11, 2004 9:03:39 GMT -5
No in the UK English language is not taught at all English literatuire is instead.Apparently they are allowed to drop it after taking their first set of Public exams.What they do for their final two years is entirely optional.I believe their Education systems believes that focusing on specific subjects such as history or economics is more important and a grasp of the language is acquired through these therefore rendering a compulsory English class unnecessary.
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Feb 11, 2004 11:31:30 GMT -5
Post by Unlimited on Feb 11, 2004 11:31:30 GMT -5
Perhaps we speak of different parts of the UK. I lived in a part of the UK for a few years and can tell you that history was not considered a priority and economics were simply avoided. While English could only be dropped in the final year (which many didn't take anyway, so I didn't count it).
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Feb 11, 2004 11:41:13 GMT -5
Post by Papal on Feb 11, 2004 11:41:13 GMT -5
I went to college for two years in the UK.Im now at university here,for my A levels I was not forced to take English.IU chose History and Economics as an example but it appears to me that most people chose specialist subjects for their A Levels which are more practical rather then English.Again rather then science Chemistry,Physics,or Biology were offered but again we did not have to take any of these and Maths was split into Functions,Algerbra,Statistics etc.
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Feb 11, 2004 12:12:52 GMT -5
Post by Livingood on Feb 11, 2004 12:12:52 GMT -5
So Nur,please tell us why you were bullied at school. Should have been a question mark at the end of that sentence. Do you know what the funny thing about this argument is? Nur was wrong in making the post that started it. The sentence "Please tell us why you were bullied at school" is a command, not a question. "Please tell us, why were you bullied at school?" is a question. It's all about word order. Actually, the thing that's really funny about this argument is that it doesn't matter and yet I joined anyway. Ooops. </post whoring>
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Feb 11, 2004 14:55:17 GMT -5
Post by Unlimited on Feb 11, 2004 14:55:17 GMT -5
Papal, College is different from High School. At college you can do whatever you choose.
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Feb 11, 2004 18:56:56 GMT -5
Post by Papal on Feb 11, 2004 18:56:56 GMT -5
I did a levels at a college which is part of a school.
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