tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110287296880368521.post8202411535752928249..comments2023-01-17T23:25:12.024-08:00Comments on Last Editor Standing: Dan Persingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097061560311695573noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110287296880368521.post-78539255032138799262012-08-30T07:44:53.057-07:002012-08-30T07:44:53.057-07:00As a long-time English teacher, I completely agree...As a long-time English teacher, I completely agree with both you and Jacqueline. In READING LIKE A WRITER, Francine Prose offers my favorite defense of being careful about grammar and related areas. A novelist friend of hers, she says, "says that writing is a bit like inviting someone to your house. The writer is the host, the reader the guest, and you, the writer, follow the etiquette because you want your readers to be more comfortable, especially if you're planning to serve them something they might not be expecting."B.K. Stevenshttp://www.bkstevensmysteries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6110287296880368521.post-73909181487757905802012-08-30T04:04:38.526-07:002012-08-30T04:04:38.526-07:00Over the years in my teaching career, there was le...Over the years in my teaching career, there was less and less emphasis on teaching grammar. We were to teach writing but not grammar. I did not subscribe to that and still don't. Good writing requires knowledge of grammatical rules and use of them. Writers should know the rules before they can dispense with them.Jacqueline Seewaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09177500620940251009noreply@blogger.com