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Simon Heffer's good grammar crusade

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Should children be taught a comprehensive understanding of English grammar?

Reporter Tom Bateman spoke to the journalist and author Simon Heffer, who argues that most pupils have been left with "nothing but a random and often erroneous understanding of the components of language".


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