Someone somewhere asked how to diagram the last part (“came thundering over the turf”) of this sentence: “St. George lowered his spear, bent his head, dug his heels into his horse’s sides, and came thundering over the turf.” I think…
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Diagram Sentence: “St. George lowered his spear, bent his head, dug his heels into his horse’s sides, and came thundering over the turf.”
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A Glimpse of the State of Grammar
I read this recent review of the following two books available at Amazon.com. The review not only gives high praise for these two books, but also reveals some aspects of the state of grammar in the U.S. Grammar By…
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John C. Hodges and the Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook of English
According to this article the years between 1962 and 1967 saw changes in grammar learning in the United States. The “section[s] on diagramming sentences was expelled from the 1967 sixth edition, never to return.” The 5th edition, of which I…
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Diagramming Sentences
“I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences,” said Gertrude Stein. I agree with her. At GotGrammar.com, I will share with you the wonderful tool of learning–sentence diagramming.
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