My apologies, because I distinctly remember this listserv having "been here, done that," yet I persist.  It's time to order texts for the fall, and I seek the advice of my esteemed colleagues.  The course is an upper-level course on history and varieties of English, required of English secondary-ed majors.  I use Crystal's The Stories of English as the main text.  Though grammar should be a separate course, I feel obliged to begin with grammar, and I would like a text that approaches grammar the way the majority of the discussions on this listserv do, as fascinating study of living language.  If my students have been taught grammar at all, they've been taught some diagramming in 5th or 6th grade, and error correction/avoidance.  Can anyone offer suggestions for a text?

Patricia Moody
English Department
Syracuse University

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