I have a natural knack for language. i could always tell you what the right wording was by the sound of it, but when it came to declaratives, and possessives, and articles and participles and declensions and conjugations... I always got lost. Couldn’t tell you a present particle from a gerund. Well, yes I could They’re the two types of words that end with ‘ing’.
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You’re my long Lost brother!!!!!
I can write good English and can tell when it’s wrong, but not why. Grammar bored the living crap out of me but I spent my childhood and teen years until I went crazy reading book after book. Taught myself how to read by 4.
From studying about how children learn (and then homeschooling and tutoring), it is clear that parents reading out loud to children is the best way for kids to start learning good English. Not junk stupid books, real books. I grew up hearing classic children’s literature.
I knew both of mine. 
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
I can write good English and can tell when it’s wrong, but not why. Grammar bored the living crap out of me but I spent my childhood and teen years until I went crazy reading book after book.
We are alike in this!