Grammar By Diagram: Understanding English Grammar Through Traditional Sentence Diagraming
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1551117789 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 453 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Thus Grammar by Diagram not only gives students skills for crafting better sentences but also tools for examining language with greater care.” Candace Barrington, Central Connecticut State University, on Grammar by Diagram, second edition“Grammar by Diagram is a dream come true for me. I grew up academically on diagraming, and I have always thought it was one of the best ways for students to visualize the structure of the language.” George Edward Stanley, Cameron University. “Rejoice! After years of neglect, sentence diagraming can unapologetically return to college courses. Cindy Vitto’s Grammar by Diagram makes this a fruitful return by using diagraming first to lay bare the structural bo
Vitto is Professor of English at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. Cindy L.
Six appendices incorporate further exercises, a summary of key basics from the text, and supplemental material not included in the body of the text but useful for quick reference. Grammar by Diagram, second edition is a book designed for anyone who wishes to improve grammatical understanding and skill. This new edition includes additional exercises and has been revised and updated throughout.. Using traditional sentence diagraming as a visual tool, the book explains how to expand simple sentences into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, and how to employ verbals (infinitives, gerunds, and participles) and other structures for additional variety. The text addresses the most frequent usage errors by explaining how to distinguish between adjectives and adverbs; how to avoid problems of pronoun case, agreement, and consistency; how to ensure that verbs will agree with their subjects and will be appropriate in terms of tense, aspect, voice, and mood; and how to phrase sentences to avoid errors in parallelism or placement of modifiers
"Well written, but I personally don't have time for this very long winded book" according to Michael Dubhagain. I'm sure that this is a great book for someone who is very technically oriented and intense about learning everything about grammar by diagramming sentences, but it's not for me. I personally feel that it's VERY long winded. I started going through the sections without doing the exercises because I got impatient. When I got to the actual diagramming, it occurred to me that it would take a long time for me to work through this book,. "Need Help With Grammar? Buy this!" according to L.L.H.. Although sentence diagramming may not seem to be the most hotrod thing to do on a Saturday afternoon, if you need to shore up your grammar for the purposes of a class, teaching or writing, Vitto's book is an superlative assistant in developing your skills. It would make an excellent addition to the library of any teacher of English, writing or basic skills from the elementary to the college level, and would be particularly helpful . S. Brown said Straightforward Guide To Grammar. I am using this book in conjunction with Rex Barks: Diagramming Sentences Made Easy by Phyllis Davenport to help me get back up to speed on diagramming. My children are diagramming sentences in school, so I want to help them.This book has been an effective tool. The exercises are very helpful.I would recommend it gladly.