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自现象级英语

Grammar: a must-learn

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Grammar is not fixed: there are exceptions. Oral English is full of grammatical faults.    硬性规定prescriptive and 描述性 descriptive(用得多了变成了对的)

eg. literally= actually，almost 

eg. She died young. 她死得早    I came prepared. 有备而来

Grammar is alive.

Good point!

This theory applies to French grammar too.

My French tutor said exactly the same thing. I hereby assume that English and French are allies. Par exemple, le passé composé.

A rough structure

Get down to the nitty-gritty.

Examples

some radio 很棒的收音机;       在过去14年中我常常来北京；  落枕了I slept funny.(funny不舒服)

When you smell sth fishy, you should check.  

The third one is appropriate.

Grasp the essence.

What does this mean?!

主干：A desire 新的想法的欲望might give way to the desire

Writing

语序不是固定的

Delete "which is"

In most cases, "which is" is redundant.

To learn

Note some grammatical phenomena and learn to use them.

Pitfalls

or: used to show that a word or phrase means the same as, or explains, limits, or corrects, another word or phrase

Day:白昼

Ambiguous

背下来

很长时间很穷 I spent a good part of my life being poor.

How to use them?

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

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Read through a book on grammar twice.

Personal Review

I was so frustrated when I heard that it took Eric simply TWO hours to read through an issue of The Economist. Even more so when he said NONE of our writings are flawless.

But, you can only improve your English through mistakes. Without them, your efforts are in vain. Note down your mistakes on a small pad, turning them into your competitve weapon.

Besides, read English grammar books. Get down to the nitty-gritty. Do spend a good part of your life learning grammar.