[Ads-l] Why is National Grammar Day different from all other days?

[Randy Alexander]

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Baron, Dennis E <debaron at illinois.edu>
wrote:

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Because without grammar, attempts at communication might be like the above.

-- 
Randy Alexander
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