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Robert Einarsson <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:58:30 -0700
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I'd love to see what you have.  Please send it as an attachment.
Robert Einarsson

>>> [log in to unmask] 02/13/06 1:36 PM >>>
That was excellent.  Thanks very much.  If you'd like to see what I've
got, l can send it to you but it is a bit too large for a post.  

Phil Bralich

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Einarsson <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Feb 13, 2006 3:00 PM
>To: [log in to unmask] 
>Subject: Re: Traditional Grammar
>
>Phil,
>
>below is a type-out of the table of contents from A FUNCTIONAL
ENGLISH
>GRAMMAR by Margaret M. Bryant, D.C. Heath and Co.: Boston, 1945.  What
I
>find particularly endearing is that she deals with errors only in the
>last two little sections.
>Robert.
>
>Introduction
>1 . Definition of Terms
>
>Part One
>Accidence or the Form of Words
>2. The Aspect of Number
>3. The Aspect of Gender
>4. The Aspect of Case
>   A. Nominative and Accusative
>   B. Genetive
>5. The Aspect of Person
>6. The Aspect of Comparison
>7. Verbs
>   A. Strong and Weak Verbs
>   B. Special Verbs
>   C. The Aspect of Voice
>   D. The Aspect of Mood
>   E. The Aspect of Time
>8. Verbids
>
>Part Two
>Syntax
>
>9. Categories of Syntax
>10. Types of Sentence
>11. Structure of Sentences
>12. The Substantive as Subject and Complement
>   A. The Substantive as Subject
>   B. The Substantive as Object
>   C. Other Action-Verb Complements
>13. Predicate Noun and Adjective and Complements with the Passive
>14. Objects of Prepositions
>15. Phrases and Clauses as Subjects and Complements
>16. Substantives as Modifiers
>17. Substantives as Verbs and Connectives
>18. More about Pronouns
>19. Subordination
>20. Modifiers
>   A. The Adjective
>   B. The Adverb
>   C. Modifier Phrases and Clauses
>21. The Verb Function: Predication
>22. The Impersonal Verbs
>23. Causatives, Reflexives, and Notional Passives
>24. The Meaning of Tense
>25. Sequence of Tenses
>   A. Compound Sentences
>   B. Subordinate Clauses
>26. Indirect Discourse
>27. The Syntax of Verbids
>   A. The Infinitive
>   B. The Participle
>28. Connectives  
>   A. The Preposition
>   B. The Coordinating Conjunction
>   C. The Subordinating Conjunction
>29. The Interjection
>30. Concord in Sentences
>31. Remedial Grammar
>32. Errors in Grammar
>
>>>> [log in to unmask] 02/13/06 9:20 AM >>>
>I have a couple of good examples of the scope and sequence of
>traditional grammar classrooms.  I would like to collect more of
these. 
>Does anyone out  there have any?  I have one from a high school
teacher
>from the 50's and one from a Catholic school dating back to 1909.  I
>would like to collect them and put together a summary and a review so
it
>is possible to say accurately what the traditional grammars were so
it
>can be shown clearly what the problems were and what the differences
>will be from hear out.  
>
>Phil Bralich
>
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