I would disagree, but I don’t want to make a whole thing of it. Suffice it to say, rhetoric is the applied science of language, and grammar is the methodology within which it is applied.
formal, structured grammar the way it's taught in school basically doesn't exist in real speech so grammar teachers, whether they're aware of it or not, are occupying an incredibly fragile position. The lie could collapse any moment, washing them away in a tide of descriptivist chaos.
That's more of a logic thing than grammar. Math teachers should be the one mad at you, not grammar teachers.
I would disagree, but I don’t want to make a whole thing of it. Suffice it to say, rhetoric is the applied science of language, and grammar is the methodology within which it is applied.
formal, structured grammar the way it's taught in school basically doesn't exist in real speech so grammar teachers, whether they're aware of it or not, are occupying an incredibly fragile position. The lie could collapse any moment, washing them away in a tide of descriptivist chaos.