tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5543888125445678948.post3590002451256701088..comments2023-08-11T09:48:43.441-07:00Comments on The Far Edge of Normal: Grammar MattersJaleta Clegghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442641418941475763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5543888125445678948.post-64892829244261329672013-04-09T09:07:15.868-07:002013-04-09T09:07:15.868-07:00It really helps to visually see how the sentence c...It really helps to visually see how the sentence connects. I need to brush up on the skill, too. It's been a long time since I sat down and diagrammed a sentence.Jaleta Clegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442641418941475763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5543888125445678948.post-85211635712487321082013-04-09T08:17:04.901-07:002013-04-09T08:17:04.901-07:00I have forgotten how to do this, but the knowledge...I have forgotten how to do this, but the knowledge that my instinctive sense of "this sentence looks wrong" or "this sentence is constructed really badly" is backed up by the diagramming rules remains.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03618509030520374835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5543888125445678948.post-34167400574096767662013-04-08T18:50:47.431-07:002013-04-08T18:50:47.431-07:00I was very happy that my 7th grade English teacher...I was very happy that my 7th grade English teacher spent a week or so teaching us to diagram sentences. It especially helped with checking tense and subject-verb agreement in complicated thesis statements for my history class. It eliminates extended clauses (a sentence where there is no verb, just a bunch of fragments stuck together). It's the logical next step to checking grammar after the elementary rule of 'Read your writing aloud to see if it sounds right.'~Liciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09289836674069254275noreply@blogger.com