Rebecca, thank you for posting that title. I will get a copy of it. I agree with you about Klammer. His book is very, maybe too, detailed; I think improvements could be made in the nature and number of exercises. Christine Rebecca S. Wheeler wrote: > > 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/