Regarding Jon’s earlier post (and the rather good Salon article), when I was in the 5th grade, I was introduced sentence diagramming, and I thought it was awesome. Here was a way to disassemble sentences, analyze the components, and create a new structure to support the original constitution.1 I was engaged. Grammar was now interesting.
Then, for the 6th grade, I moved to a new town. The schools didn’t teach diagramming. I asked my English teacher why, and although I don’t remember her exact response, it was something akin to patting me on the head and telling me not to worry myself about it. Anyway, boring.
I’ve always thought that I learned much more about grammar in that one year than any other several years combined.
1 Pun intended
Source: grammar.ccc.commnet.edu
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ficklechick said:
I don’t get this AT all..but I still love you! xo
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kimalah said:
Programming taught me more about grammar than any other exercise, and was essential in studying other languages IMHO.
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