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Grammar is a complex system that structures an entire language. Native English speakers use the proper forms and tenses without thought. The words slip naturally from our lips. Attempting to learn or teach these principles, however, is difficult. A sentence must possess a subject and a verb. The various parts of speech are broken down in to categories with base forms. A noun, for example, is a person, place, thing or idea. Nouns can also be common, proper, compound, abstract, or collective. They are further categorized as being countable or uncountable. The complicated rules of grammar are made more difficult by concepts that do not follow grammatical rules. One example of this would be the order in which adjectives are used. There is no rule for the layout of adjectives in a sentence. It is understood though that they should be written as size, age, color, material. This is less to do with rigid grammatical structures and more to do with what is considered inherently correct by native speakers. Other parts of speech include articles, verbs, adverbs, gerunds, pronouns, and prepositions. How and when to use each part of speech is determined by the structure of the sentence. Adding to the struggle of learning English is the constant presence of exceptions. For every hard and fast grammar rule, there is an exception to said rule. For example, a noun is made plural by adding -s or -es to the end of the word. This rule does not apply to the noun moose, which doesn't vary based on singular or plural usage. I was familiar with the various parts of speech prior to this lesson. Yet I was still surprised by how long it took me to feel comfortable with the material of this unit. Knowing how to structure a sentence is not the same thing as being able to specifically identify each part of speech and then explain why one word is the subject rather than the object. It offers a new perspective on what non-native speakers must experience when learning the language.
