Yes they taught the rule in school. I just personally found the memorization of some of the rules to be rather boring and tedious. I never cared one iota about what the "object" of a sentence is. I never will care either.
What you see in me is something different. Instead of memorization of lists of rules, I simply learned how proper English is structured from my Mother and from my voracious reading habits. Mom always made a point of correcting my sister and me when we said things like "more better" or when we asked "can I do this?" I, in turn have also corrected my mother back on the "can" vs "may" statements too. :-)
So... yes, I don't really know some of the minute details with "objects" etc but I can tell you if a sentence "sounds" proper.
Is it just Americans?
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Yes they taught the rule in school. I just personally found the memorization of some of the rules to be rather boring and tedious. I never cared one iota about what the "object" of a sentence is. I never will care either.
What you see in me is something different. Instead of memorization of lists of rules, I simply learned how proper English is structured from my Mother and from my voracious reading habits. Mom always made a point of correcting my sister and me when we said things like "more better" or when we asked "can I do this?" I, in turn have also corrected my mother back on the "can" vs "may" statements too. :-)
So... yes, I don't really know some of the minute details with "objects" etc but I can tell you if a sentence "sounds" proper.