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OverviewGrammar by Diagram, second edition is a book designed for anyone who wishes to improve grammatical understanding and skill. Using traditional sentence diagramming as a visual tool, the book explains how to expand simple sentences into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, and how to employ verbals (infinitives, gerunds, and participles) and other structures for additional variety. The text addresses the most frequent usage errors by explaining how to distinguish between adjectives and adverbs; how to avoid problems of pronoun case, agreement, and consistency; how to ensure that verbs will agree with their subjects and will be appropriate in terms of tense, aspect, voice, and mood; and how to phrase sentences to avoid errors in parallelism or placement of modifiers. Six appendices incorporate further exercises, a summary of key basics from the text, and supplemental material not included in the body of the text but useful for quick reference. This new edition includes additional exercises and has been revised and updated throughout. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cindy L. VittoPublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.762kg ISBN: 9781551117782ISBN 10: 1551117789 Pages: 456 Publication Date: 30 July 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. The Eight Parts of Speech Chapter 2. Basic Sentence Patterns for Be and Linking Verbs Chapter 3. Basic Sentence Patterns for Intransitive and Transitive Verbs Chapter 4. Usage Problems Associated with Adjectives and Adverbs Chapter 5. Combining and Expanding Patterns: Compound Structures Chapter 6. Combining and Expanding Patterns: Complex Sentences with Noun Clauses Chapter 7. Combining and Expanding Patterns: Complex Sentences with Adverb and Relative Clauses Chapter 8. Usage Problems of Case, Agreement, and Consistency Chapter 9. Verbs Chapter 10. Verbals Chapter 11. Usage Problems Associated with Verbs and Verbals Chapter 12. Punctuation and Capitalization Chapter 13. Sentence Transformations Appendix 1: Additional Exercises (no answers provided) Appendix 2: Verb Conjugations (See and Be) Appendix 3: Irregular and Troublesome Verb Forms Appendix 4: Summary of Clauses and Verbals Appendix 5: Diagramming Summary Appendix 6: Commonly Confused Words Answer Key IndexReviewsGrammar by Diagram is a dream come true for me. I grew up academically on diagraming, and I have always thought it was one of the best ways for students to visualize the structure of the language. --George Edward Stanley Rejoice! After years of neglect, sentence diagraming can unapologetically return to college courses. Cindy Vitto's Grammar By Diagram makes this a fruitful return by using diagraming first to lay bare the structural bones of English and then to demonstrate ways in which writers use these components to create effective sentences. Through diagraming, students see that a strong sentence is a purposefully structured unit and not a set of words aimlessly strung together. Thus Grammar By Diagram not only gives students skills for crafting better sentences but also tools for examining language with greater care. --Candace Barrington Grammar by Diagram is a dream come true for me. I grew up academically on diagraming, and I have always thought it was one of the best ways for students to visualize the structure of the language. --George Edward Stanley Rejoice! After years of neglect, sentence diagraming can unapologetically return to college courses. Cindy Vitto's Grammar by Diagram makes this a fruitful return by using diagraming first to lay bare the structural bones of English and then to demonstrate ways in which writers use these components to create effective sentences. Through diagraming, students see that a strong sentence is a purposefully structured unit and not a set of words aimlessly strung together. Thus Grammar by Diagram not only gives students skills for crafting better sentences but also tools for examining language with greater care. -- Candace Barrington, Central Connecticut State University, on Grammar by Diagram, second edition Grammar by Diagram is a dream come true for me. I grew up academically on diagraming, and I have always thought it was one of the best ways for students to visualize the structure of the language. -- George Edward Stanley, Cameron University Rejoice! After years of neglect, sentence diagraming can unapologetically return to college courses. Cindy Vitto's Grammar by Diagram makes this a fruitful return by using diagraming first to lay bare the structural bones of English and then to demonstrate ways in which writers use these components to create effective sentences. Through diagraming, students see that a strong sentence is a purposefully structured unit and not a set of words aimlessly strung together. Thus Grammar by Diagram not only gives students skills for crafting better sentences but also tools for examining language with greater care. -- Candace Barrington, Central Connecticut State University I will be offering [a professional development] grammar class this summer and am delighted to find both the Grammar by Diagram text and workbook by Cindy L. Vitto. Her approach will resonate well with Joint Commission employees because they like two things: systems and proof! Her text supplies both. Her clear, systematic chapters will walk them through each concept and then they will see the evidence by diagramming the sentences. -- Dr. Kate Ranft, Professional Development Center, The Joint Commission Grammar by Diagram is a dream come true for me. I grew up academically on diagraming, and I have always thought it was one of the best ways for students to visualize the structure of the language. -- George Edward Stanley, Cameron University Rejoice! After years of neglect, sentence diagraming can unapologetically return to college courses. Cindy Vitto's Grammar by Diagram makes this a fruitful return by using diagraming first to lay bare the structural bones of English and then to demonstrate ways in which writers use these components to create effective sentences. Through diagraming, students see that a strong sentence is a purposefully structured unit and not a set of words aimlessly strung together. Thus Grammar by Diagram not only gives students skills for crafting better sentences but also tools for examining language with greater care. -- Candace Barrington, Central Connecticut State University, on Grammar by Diagram, second edition Rejoice! After years of neglect, sentence diagraming can unapologetically return to college courses. Cindy Vitto's <em>Grammar by Diagram</em> makes this a fruitful return by using diagraming first to lay bare the structural bones of English and then to demonstrate ways in which writers use these components to create effective sentences. Through diagraming, students see that a strong sentence is a purposefully structured unit and not a set of words aimlessly strung together. Thus <em>Grammar by Diagram</em> not only gives students skills for crafting better sentences but also tools for examining language with greater care. -- <strong>Candace Barrington, Central Connecticut State University, on <em>Grammar by Diagram</em>, second edition</strong> </p> <em>Grammar by Diagram</em> is a dream come true for me. I grew up academically on diagraming, and I have always thought it was one of the best ways for students to visualize the structure of the language. -- <strong>George Edward Stanley, Cameron University</strong></p> Author InformationCindy L. Vitto is Professor of English at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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