Surprisingly, no one has yet mentioned Craig Hancock's "Meaning 
Centered Grammar" or Marth Kolln's "Rhetorical Grammar," both 
excellent, thoughtful and very readable texts on the subject...

Warren


-----Original Message-----
From: john whicker <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:34 pm
Subject: A text to recommend to students wanting to learn grammar on 
their own.














I'm almost wondering if I have been removed from the list-serve since I
haven't seen a single message for a month, but I guess it makes sense 
with end
of semester duties and the holidays.
 
Anyway, I wanted to take advantage of the collective knowledge of this
group to try and find a text that I can recommend to my freshman 
writing
students who show interest in studying grammar on their own, which 
seems to
happen at least once a semester. Is there a really good text that 
presents
grammar in a functional way that is accessible to undergraduates and 
that does
not resort to ridiculously contrived examples and drill?
 
John Whicker
Utah Valley State College
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