[sdiy] OT: grammar, spelling and communication

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I agree with all of this.  Their is know better reason too study  grammar 
(and get to know it real good) then to help make communication better,  which I 
am a big fan of.
 
Hehe, actually, I am a graduate philosophy student and if anyone really  
wants to read exactly how SERIOUS this issue is in terms of what we can claim to  
know, what we can claim about anything whatsoever, there are a couple CHAPTERS 
 or so (yes, that's right) in Bertrand Russell's "Introduction to 
Mathematical  Philosophy" that analyze nothing but words such as 'the' and 'and' and  
'a'....this is more important than you may initially think, not merely for  
"practical" fields like engineering etc., but indeed for reason qua  reason.
 
"There is no better reason to study grammar (and know it well) than to help  
us better communicate . [and I will add, to aid in understanding the very  
structure of thought itself...]."  Of course, the last part should be  changed to 
"of which I am a big fan" - but it didn't really fit the flow anyway  ;-)
 
JpM 
 
PS - blame the English analytics.  A "blame" I feel is highly  worthwhile and 
admirable.
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