At 03:22 PM 11/26/2008, Wollin, Edith wrote: . . .Michael Kischner and I have had many many students tell us that after doing our grammar class, which includes diagramming and sentence combining with a focus on syntax, students report that they are much better readers than they were before. . . . DD: Buy and read Edith Wollin and Michael Kischner's "Writers' Choices, Grammar to Improve Style." ISBN 015506374X. I just got my copy and it is fascinating, valuable, entertaining, and as soon as I go off the Internet, it is back to plunge in again. Well done, Mam, and thank you, tugging my forelock. Well more like knuckling my forehead, as male pattern baldness has struck. DD 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/