Not מדקדק

 

The חות יאיר קכ"ד writes that learning חכמת הדקדוק is important and necessary only, for the basics. (,נכח-נסתר ,זכר-נקיבה עבר-עתיד,יחיד-רבים,etc.) One need not waste time learning the details”. The תשב"ץ א' ל"ג  writes,” Not knowing דקדוק doesn’t reduce the מעלות of a Talmid Chacham”. In שו"ת הרמ"א ה-ו-ז there are exchanges of letters from  the מהרש"ל who criticizes the רמ"א for writing Teshuvos with דקדוק mistakes. The רמ"א admits to him that his writing is not fluent. He claims that he is careful to make his point clear and understood, Which is more important than proper grammar. It seems the lack of דקדוק study goes back, way before the משכילים reintroduced it.