Hi Craig,

I feel certain you must have found this already, but just to be on the safe side:

Sloane,, David E..  A Sentence Is Not a Complete Thought: X-Word Grammar
in English language teaching.
Year: 2009 Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Page: 3
ISSN: 1916-4742

Abstract

X-Word Grammar provides an editing technique for students that is more reliable than trying to identify sentences as complete thoughts. A sentence is redefined as "a group of words that can be turned into a yes-no question with no words left over; starts with a capital letter, and ends with a terminal punctuation mark." Twenty auxiliary verbs play a key role by moving around the subject of a sentence to identify the correct structure of a sentence using both visual and oral means. Stressing editing skills, teachers can use X-Word Grammar as a means to simplify sentence punctuation, address verb endings, carry out other tasks in editing and evaluating writing.

Available online here: http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/elt/article/view/2354

Beth

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