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Does grammar matter?

Andreea S. Calude · TED

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It can be hard sometimes, when speaking, to remember all of the grammatical rules that guide us when we're writing. When is it right to say "the dog and me" and when should it be "the dog and I"? Does it even matter? Andreea S. Calude dives into the age-old argument between linguistic prescriptivists and descriptivists — who have two very different opinions on the matter. [Directed by Mike Schell, narrated by Addison Anderson].

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Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Andreea S. Calude
Year
2016
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Society and politics, History, Literature and writing, Languages and linguistics, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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