I didn't always love grammar, and I really don't remember learning much of it when I was in school. However, I grew up with an English teacher for a mother, and a grandmother who I remember laughing hysterically at an article about owls being "wonton killers."
When my older children were in third, fourth, and sixth grades, I discovered the Rod & Staff English series, and it opened the world of grammar understanding for us. My kids learned to diagram sentences, how to use lie and lay properly, and to this day they can rattle off the list of linking verbs in under three seconds.
The more we learned, the more incorrect usage I saw in the world around me, and that led to a job as an editor of E-Books for The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine. Several years later I was also editing for Unit Studies by Amanda Bennett. Now that all five children have graduated and gone on to college and beyond, I have more time to follow my passion for English and am trying to figure out how to make a full-time career of it.
I still love learning about grammar, and have been known to read style guides for fun.
Don't tell.
