Anatomy Quote by Anonymous

A schoolchild should be taught grammar—for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.

— E. B. White

“The best way for children to learn grammar is by making them habitual readers.”

— Love The Stacks Bookstore

“To tell a group of adolescents who already know how to speak and write that that is the purpose of grammar is like telling…

— Muriel Barbery

“It is a remarkable phenomenon that children can learn to speak without ever being consciously aware of the sophisticated grammar they are using.”

— Timothy Gowers

What’s strange is how many beginning writers seem to think that grammar is irrelevant, or that they are somehow above or beyond this subject…

— Francine Prose

I have to admit that I'm not very good with grammar. They taught grammar in elementary and high school, but I went to public…

— Trevor Paglen

I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools.

— Hugh Gaitskell

“In order to speak and write the English language correctly, it is imperative that the fundamental principles of the Grammar be mastered, for no…

— Joseph Devlin

Grammar schools are about stigmatising children, not on the grounds of their ability, but on their background.

— Angela Rayner

I think grammar teaching should start with real examples of language in use: journalism, fiction, songs, ads, instructions, headlines, transcripts of conversations and so…

— Michael Rosen

I'm not arguing for a return to the grammar school system, but there must be a way of identifying bright kids from ordinary backgrounds…

— Andrew Neil

Children should be taught to question everything . . . everything they read and everything they hear.

— George Carlin