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I have nothing against grammar. I'm just not prepared to apply myself to it, at least not in the manner people usually do.

I have a couple of books heavy on grammar that I mean to browse lightly. One is Lyndsay Head's Making Maori Sentences (1989). The other is book 1 of Te Ranatahi by Hoani Waititi, first put out in 1962. (Almost as old as I am!)

I’ve started to quickly skim through them, copying out only a sentence per page. I select those from which I know a word or two—or expect to in the near future. 

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I’ve had absolutely no instruction in the grammar of Dutch. Neither has any language speaker (on the way to becoming an English speaker) but because they’ve ‘had’ English at school they believe that that’s helped. Especially teachers fall prey to this way of thinking. Knowing Dutch as I do, I can see through the illusion.

I’m happy with my tallying system. I had a great day doing various activities. I’ve created quite a number of them. So, as I mentioned 2 days ago I’m in danger of losing track! Over the next few days I’ll describe them one by one. 

Today: J5 D5 G1 S1. Total: J42 D14 G7 Sp3