Pathetic grammar Pathetic grammar I find it somewhat amusing and somewhat distressing that in this article about the types of instruction methods used by public schools and institutions in the U S that there are textbook style grammar and comma errors indicative of a poor understanding of sentence structure All while talking about learning to read And how underwhelmed I am In light of the lack of commas in some sentences perhaps some editors would do well to master the basics and I mean the very very basics before writing about learning about reading wouldn t you say