Writers' Choices: Grammar to Improve Style from Michael Kischner and Edith
Wollin is finally out from Harcourt if you want to order an examination copy
to see if it interests you. We are hopeful that it can be part of a
composition course, but acknowledge that the two together are a lot a work
for those in quarter systems. We are believers in rhetorical grammar, come
to independently from Martha, thus proving that it is an idea whose time has
come! And we use sentence combining along with students' own composing.
Edith Wollin
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From: Rebecca S. Wheeler [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 2:51 PM
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Subject: Re: burn your grammar books
I used Klammer's Analyzing English Grammar for 1 year, and no more. I found
that the
degree of detail he went into was way way more than what the students could
handle,
and was way beyond what I wanted to focus on. Furthermore, there weren't
enough
exercises to suit my taste.
As many on this listserve know, my preference is for Morenberg's DOING
GRAMMAR,
which will soon be in the third edition, I hear. So, I'm returning to DOING
GRAMMAR
this year (next week), in both my advanced grammar classes. I will try
blending that
with his "Writer's Options" as a way to apply some of the more complex
clause
structures to writing.
His focus on basic structural analysis of the sentence into the 6 types of
verb
types (and hence sentence structure types) is VERY accessible, with clear
mnemonics.
Cheers,
Rebecca
Christine Gray wrote:
> Has anyone on the list used Thomas Klammer's Analyzing English Grammar??
>
> I've been using it for about six years. One aspect of it I prefer over
> Kolln's is that it has examples of diagramming using both tree and
> Reed-Kellogg diagrams.
>
> And, Ed, I agree with you! It is so difficult to find actual grammar
> books. Most books seem to be either handbooks/refereence books or
> designed for developmental students.
>
> Christine Gray
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