I am interested in this, here in Seattle and at least a nominal host. I read Christenson way back in my second time in graduate school and it is his work that got me interested in what I now know as rhetorical grammar, but at the time I simply saw as a way that I thought of to teach grammar that would really improve writing at the same time that it increased knowledge of syntax.
So I am looking forward to seeing you in Seattle. Why not do a session on this?
Edith Wollin
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Stewart [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:59 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Francis Christensen
Ed,
Yes, "A New Rhetoric" has been out of print for many years. A few years ago
I acquired the copyright to all of Francis Christensen's work, and I have
revised his monumental Christensen Rhetoric Program, now reissued as part of
a series called The Stewart English Program.
I have noticed your occasional references to Christensen in your posts and
have often wondered how many others on the list are familiar with his work,
and whether there might be some who are interested in seeing "A New
Rhetoric" back in print.
I will be at the convention in Seattle and would love to meet with any
interested members.
Don Stewart
--
Keeper of the memory and method of Dr. Francis Christensen.
WriteforCollege.com
The Stewart English Program (epsbooks.com)
> From: Edward Vavra <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 13:03:05 -0500
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Francis Christensen
>
> Don,
> The end of your message states:
> "Don Stewart
> Keeper of the memory and method of Francis Christensen"
>
> Are you aware that the strongest research that supports the teaching of
> grammar supports the Christensens' A New Rhetoric? To my knowledge, the
> book is out of print. If it is not, I would like to know, and if it is,
> I hope that you are attempting to get it reprinted.
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
>
>>>> [log in to unmask] 01/27/04 12:37PM >>>
> Some of difficulty comes from the fact that there are
> several prepositions that can also be subordinating
> conjunctions: after, before, since, till, until. The
> other problem is that gerunds look just like present
> participles.
>
> So when we have "after dining," do we have a
> preposition and a gerund, or a subordinating
> conjunction and a present participle, with stuff
> missing?
>
> Substitution helps. First substitute the other
> prepositions: "Since dining at the Ritz," etc. Then
> substitute common nouns as the object of the
> preposition: "Since dinner at the Ritz," etc. I don't
> think that means "Since (I had) dinner at the Ritz."
>
> Gerunds are nouns, and they can do anything any other
> noun can do, such as being the object of a
> preposition. It sure seems simpler than trying to keep
> them as verbs with a bunch of invisible words.
>
> If it walks like a duck.....
>
> Don
>
> ****************
> Don Stewart
> Keeper of the memory and method of Francis Christensen
>
>
>
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