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 > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >Rebecca S. Wheeler, Ph.D. >Assistant Professor of Linguistics >Department of English >1 University Place >Christopher Newport University >Newport News, VA 23606-2998 > >Telephone: 757-598-8891 >Fax: 757-594-8870 > >Rebecca S. Wheeler is Editor of Syntax in the Schools, the quarterly >journal of the >Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar (ATEG), an assembly of >the National >Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). www.ateg.org. > >Research Interests: >* dialects and language varieties in the schools, >* reducing the achievement gap between inner city minority children >and middle class >children, >* discovery learning of grammar in the classroom > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html >and select "Join or leave the list" > >Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/