(1197th of a series)Sometime in 2016 a forum member asked for my opinion about an English teacher’s suggestion on YouTube that to become a better English speaker, one has to stop learning grammar rules. I can’t overstate my conviction that it would be foolhardy for English-language learners to stop learning English grammar. Here are some thoughts I shared in this column many years ago about the danger of not having a good grounding in English grammar despite learning how to speak English well:There was a lovely Filipina guest on a local TV show who spoke English fluently and persuasively. Watching her made me wish that all Filipino TV talk-show hosts and newscasters could speak with such unaffected English diction! Shall we condone its usage simply because some people who speak English well use it without blushing?

Source: Manila Times June 03, 2020 18:01 UTC