By the way, if you're interested in exploring both phrase structure
trees and Reed-Kellogg diagrams, and they say interestingly different
things about sentences, you might consider Mark Lester's Grammar and
Usage in the Classroom.  He makes very thoughtful use of RK.  He also
has the best treatment of phrasal verbs that I've found in any grammar
text.

Herb

-----Original Message-----
From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eduard C. Hanganu
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 10:39 AM
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Subject: Re: Favorite Textbooks?

Kathleen,

I have a copy of the 2005 edition of Honegger's "English Grammar for 
Writing" and I like it because the author uses tree structures in the 
sentence diagramming rather than Reed-Kellogg diagrams.  If you call 
the publisher (Houghton Mifflin Company)they may be able to tell you 
if they have plans to publish a new edition of the same book soon. 

You might want to review two other grammar textbooks,"The Essentials 
of English - A Writer's Handbook" by Ann Hogue (Longman, 2003), 
and "English Grammar in Context" by Kitty Chen Dean (Longman,
2001). These textbooks (which I have) seem to be more accessible for 
students who take an introduction to English grammar like ENG 250.


Eduard 


On Thu, 25 May 2006, Kathleen Bethell wrote...

>Phil,
>In would, indeed, like to see the review if you can send it as an
>attachment. When is the Honnegger book coming out? It didn't turn up 
when I
>googled it.
>
>Kathleen
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phil Bralich
>Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:57 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Favorite Textbooks?
>
>I recently reviewed a new one by Mark Honnegger called _Grammar for
>Writing_.  It is quite state of the art, very thorough and begins 
with a
>convenient (especially for you) metaphor between grammar and 
computers.  I
>can send you a copy of the review if you'd like, but it should be 
out in the
>next issue.  
>
>Phil Bralich
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