I used Morenberg's book for a year myself. The level was right and
the students were -- well, less unenthusiastic than they often are.
The organization, however, drove me nuts.
I've used Burton-Roberts __Analysing Sentences__, with some success.
I like the organization, but it's not a good book for students unless
you provide extensive navagational tools.
This year I'm trying Kersti Borjars and Kate Burridge's _Introducing
English Grammar_. Not enough exercises, but, at this point, I have
plenty of exercises of my own.
We'll see.
KMW
>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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