Beth,
   I haven't seen it, so thanks for the heads-up. From the brief summary,
it still seems they are more interested in formal "tricks" for writing
sentences correctly than they are in looking at the way sentences work
in harmony with each other. I'll try to keep an open mind and check it
out.

Craig>

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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