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Learn More About Jerad's Experience:

grammar The credentials I have in the way of grammar are obscure, so keep an open mind when I account for them. I will start by saying that my education began when I was very young. My mother has always been an avid reader; she wanted the same for her children. Instead of watching television in our childhood, we read books. Quickly, I developed an understanding of linguistics and why language must have rules in order for proper and thorough comprehension to settle in one's mind. Certainly this understanding wasn't that of a PhD, but it was that which caught my interest. Rather than reading fiction, and in my thirst for greater learning, I started to pick up more educational books. Things like "Sin and Syntax," and "Writing With Style". This sort of reading material was not, I would say, entertaining, but at least I gleaned more knowledge out of it. But, as Prof. Jeff Glauner of Park University in Missouri says, "as life changes so does the idea of correct grammar." We can't read Shakespeare and understand current grammar. After this, I searched for people who would argue with me about it. I developed a friendship with a fellow who was, at that time, attending University of Florida for his PhD in English. This was less of a learning experience, and more of a honing experience. We argued the validity of certain texts-- the whys and hows, if you will. So it was that I received a good, strong, working knowledge in grammar. In continuation of this, I attended the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, where I took focus classes in English composition and grammar. In a few weeks, I became a teacher's assistant and began correcting the essays of my fellow students. This Autumn I will be attending Clark College, likely to Major in English linguistics with a Minor in Spanish. Despite all of these aforementioned credentials, I will say that grammar is everchanging, just as language is wont to do. We must consider the old rules in comparison to the colloquialized new wave grammar of today. Only in doing this can we truly ascertain a real notion of correctness.