Re: [文法]想問大家 文法很重要嗎S

[PINGU (旅行的意義)]

Sometimes learning English is like being processed in molds for
advantages on exams rather than developing the ability to verbalize
your creativity. You may be having a hard time sitting through all
those tedious lectures at school or being engaged with all kinds of
grammar rules and drills in your books. Though these experiences can
hardly turn on any of your interest in learning English, they do come
around as an inevitable maintenance before you are able to set out
for all the fascinating tours in the language. Remember that studying
English is an initually painstaking process with increasing excitement
along that you will eventually get to revel in at some point. And if
you are just starting, it becomes all the more important for you to
build up quite a few good conceptions of grammar. I guess this is the
reason they put a great deal of emphasis on teaching grammar in high
school education, expecting the students to come to benefit from it,
while in ignorance of how eagerly the young people are getting into
all the coolest stuff in English with their minds constantly exposed
to music like hip-hop or audiovisuals like Star Wars movies.

Now I kinda want to talk about writing. Well, there should be an
article by me a couple of weeks ago, but somehow it disappeared. :(

Last time I mentioned three kinds of reference books that you can take
advantage of when writing. But what if you couldn't get out any ideas
that were worth you putting into words, especially words with a lot
of attractions that could save your writing from being mocked as the
diary of a six grader? The answer I've come up with is imitation.

If you do have a good eye for weaving yarns, you're certain to put
time and effort in hunting for good writings by the world's best
storytellers, journalists, critics, or columnists. Publications like
The Economist, TIME or The New York Times are often the stages for
their masterful playing with words. (I'm telling you, I do have a small
collection of a range of those gems in the English language, which you
may look at with a jaundiced eye.) :P

Imitation is also a good way to learn grammar. Actually any practice
of writing and speaking can help develop the initiative that you need
to go beyond being a mere receiver of other people's ideas and get to
be an articulator of your own.

Here I'm giving an example of imitation. I grabbed this sentence from
The New York Times:

        Despite being perceived as cool, people of mixed races say
        they often function in a world where friends will eventually
        offend with a comment that overlooks a white mother or an Asian
        father, and where exotic is another word for "other."

Now I can change a few words to renew it this way:

        Despite being perceived as happy-go-lucky, overweight people
        often function in a world where friends will eventually offend
        with a frown that overlooks a genetic disorder or a digestive
        malfunction, and where chubby is another word for "unhealthy."

See? What a thing to have done! The two sentences look alike, with the
same structure and a pretty good layout of priority. I like it. :)
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推 ycjjen: I like the "imitation" too.
推 smartia:Gee, i'm afraid of the word "painstakingly"
→ smartia:For me, lang. learning should always be fun
→ smartia:do you think kids learn the 1st language
→ smartia:painstakingly？^^" no offense, simply my
→ smartia:personal beliefs ^^
推 smartia:NO PAIN NO GAIN is SOMETHIMES a myth. ^__^""y
→ YuanShan:The half-full think it's fun,while
→ YuanShan:The half-empty think a pain.
推 longing:你那篇好文應該是被收入精華區了 :)
→ longing:z-12-30
推 sovereignty:initially / I like your expression. It
推 sovereignty:depicts quite accurately what English
推 sovereignty:teaching in Taiwan is like.