Parent and child : a treatise on the moral and religious education of children / by Sir Oliver Lodge.
- Oliver Lodge
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Parent and child : a treatise on the moral and religious education of children / by Sir Oliver Lodge. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![childish grammar and infantile lan- guage. On the contrary, I regard untutored modes of expression as of interest and value. Here is scope for originality and self-manifestation. Grammar is a conventional mould into which we must fit in due time, but into which we are by no means born. Some initial freedom in this respect is essential to character. Pre- cision of intention is one thing, grammatical correctness another. The latter comes with years, the former may begin in infancy. A child with a stomach-ache will not say the pain is in its toe, however little language it may possess. To correct childish grammatical errors prematurely is worrying and [SO]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2808679x_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
