A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned — E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
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A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an English sentence, the child can then go forth and speak and write any damn way he pleases.

— E.B. White, Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976
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