>At least one author of English grammar texts for the college level,
>Martha Kolln, has retained 'old-fashioned' diagramming in her texts (e.g.
>'Understanding English Grammar', MacMillan, 1994). ......etc.,.......
.............
>By the way, Kolln has an appendix which employs generative-grammar-style
>tree diagrams, for those who want to have it both ways.
>
BRAVO!,
 
I for one enjoy this sort of thing, too.  I've used Ms. Kolln's book as both
a tutor and a teacher, and I find diagraming very useful for explaining how
sentences work.
 
AND: I like to have them both ways ]:-}
 
Smilingly yours,
 
Paul E. Doniger - ELI; Univ. of Bridgeport
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