I am at a class about teaching grammar, and the discussion of grammar in the novel, "The Elegance of the Hedgehog".
Personally, I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty. When you speak, or read, or write, you can tell if what you’ve said or read or written is a fine sentence. You can recognize a well-turned phrase or an elegant style. But when you are applying the rules of grammar skillfully, you ascend to another level of the beauty of language. When you use grammar, you peel back the layers, to see how it is all put together, see it quite naked, in a way.
Hmmm....never thought about grammar as interesting, but this quote and Jeff Anderson are working in tandem to change my impressions. :)
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