The Leonard Study

begun by the late Sterling Andrus Leonard has been published by the National Council of Teachers of English and is now in the hands of the public. The monograph has already gained considerable notoriety and is being discussed by teachers, editors, and many others. It has been enthusiastically acclaimed for its possible influence on the teaching of English punctuation and grammatical usage in the schools of this country. It is generally appraised as a blow to pedantry in teaching. By some the report as a whole is interpreted as convincing evidence that teachers, and more particularly teachers of English, should cease the futile struggle against the invasion of popular terms and constructions that grammarians have customarily forbidden. On the other side, however, are those who feel that the conclusions of the

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