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Date: | Mon, 14 Apr 1997 09:41:56 -0700 |
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At least one author of English grammar texts for the college level,
Martha Kolln, has retained 'old-fashioned' diagramming in her texts (e.g.
'Understanding English Grammar', MacMillan, 1994). I used this text in a
course a year or so ago, and a number of the students appreciated the
chance to analyze sentences this way; another number of them thought it
was an arcane nuisance.
Some things never change!
By the way, Kolln has an appendix which employs generative-grammar-style
tree diagrams, for those who want to have it both ways.
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Johanna Rubba Assistant Professor, Linguistics ~
English Department, California Polytechnic State University ~
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 ~
Tel. (805)-756-2184 E-mail: [log in to unmask] ~
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