After 20 years of teaching academic writing to both native speakers and English language learners, I can attest that at some point, just about everyone asks me why, or even whether, grammar matters.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper, after reviewing the traditional concept of case in Western grammar, I will focus on Yamada’s and Tokieda’s theories and their ...

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