Same here, OzOz... grammar was still a major portion of the English curriculum when I was in school learning it, up until I moved down here to Florida when I was 10. From then on, there was no grammar, because Florida schools had stopped focusing on it long ago. Good thing I got the bulk of my learning done up north, then, or i'd have shitty grammar like most everyone in generations younger than me.
I don't know who figured it wasn't important to teach grammar in schools, but they should be beaten. Yeah, learning it may have sucked, doing grammar drills constantly may have sucked, but at least I don't talk like an idiot now.
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