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Why is grammar not studied as much in schools as it was before?

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Abstraction · 61-69, M Best Comment
A number of studies demonstrated that the teaching of grammar wasn't effective.

However - as an educator I beg to disagree. The way grammar was taught back then was dreadful! It was soooo boring. In other countries such as across Europe they continued to teach grammar effectively.

Watch someone fish with the wrong bait or technique and they'll say that fishing isn't very effective.
Gouzi · 26-30, M
@Abstraction What is the best way to teach grammar?
Abstraction · 61-69, M
@Gouzi The most effective is when someone wants to learn - such as learning a new language. They have a reason to want to solve it.

There's a more complex answer, but that would be long an boring.
Abstraction · 61-69, M
@Abstraction Grammar is being creative with language and in the process of creating. It's helping them understand that the way they arrange the words can have an impact on the reader. It can be more powerful. That's how it's taught.