Hartwell is a very refreshing article to read and I want to say that I read it once before years ago in a Linguistics course...in any case, the manner in which he breaks down the various forms of Grammar and how we interpret and thereby teach it is interesting enough; including the recognition that the impact is one of importance. The recognition that it is a conception of power (which leads me to follow Marxist thinking and Freire) and thus our responsibility to change it exists....it is a little disappointing to think that Freire was written quite some time ago and that this article was written in 1985....a year after i was born....and still this is up in the air.
But i like the initial recognition that no study will be adequate, no experiment 100% as every teaching experience is different. Even if we come up with a standard rule, it doesn't apply 100%....but the problem is our standard rules are subjective to each individual teacher....
What I would like to know is how the induction of technical devices and software has changed anything...how Microsoft Office, spell check, modules and formatting software has changed the manner in which we approach grammar and the so-called proper use of subjective/societal grammar.
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