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Re: Grammar

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From: K. Steele
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:34
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Just a few thoughts: MY eigth grade English teacher taught
sentence diagramming as a game.  A competition on teams.
Although I make my living as a writer I am hard-pressed to 
define "future perfect" and past participle.  But I can 
diagram the heck out of most sentences in less than 30 seconds.
The advantage in this has been that while I can't name all the
parts of speech, it is not difficult to use them correctly.

If you enjoy cross-word puzzles or word games, you might find
that you enjoy diagramming a sentence (the old fashioned way).
Words are just tools, you can argue tense and significance
all day long, when you let yourself master the tool.
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