Johanna mentioned an idea that I agree has profound future
implications:


        "There are areas of disagreement which I believe are of profound
importance in creating an effective program, though. Paramount among
them perhaps is whether or not we can find regular relationships between
sentence grammar and text organization. I think pretty much everybody
would value a teaching approach that puts grammar squarely in the
context of writing, and such relationships could be of tremendous value
in doing this."


        This concept fascinates me. I know that Christensen, Coe,
Anderson, and  Rodgers have pioneered various ideas for extending the
concept of grammar beyond the sentence to a grammar of passages.
Also, Jon Franklin in his book Writing for Story talks about this
interrelationship and Mina Shaughnessy mentions this in passing as
the "essential"  element of a mature style.  Is anyone aware of
research by any other authors?


--- Harry




        Dance like nobody is watching. Love like you'll never get hurt.