所谓语法,即是对语言的系统研究,是对语言内在规律的发掘。不少英语学习者对这一点是清楚的,然而他们却未必了解语法发展过程中传统语法与现代语法的对立,这对英语学习是很不利的。许多人简单地公式化地认为传统语法与现代语法的差异只不过是时间上的,而最近出版的语法专著理所当然是有关现代语法的。甚至有人主观地认为,要学就学现代语 The so-called grammar, which is the systematic study of language, is the exploration of the inherent laws of language. Many English learners are clear about this, but they may not understand the opposition between traditional grammar and modern grammar in the process of grammar development, which is very unfavorable to English learning. Many people simply formulate that the difference between traditional grammar and modern grammar is only time, and the recently published grammar monograph is of course about modern grammar. Some people even think subjectively that they must learn to learn modern languages.