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OverviewGrammar by Diagram is a book designed for anyone who wishes to improve grammatical understanding and skill. Using traditional sentence diagraming as a visual tool, the book explains how to expand ten basic patterns for simple sentences into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, and how to employ verbals (infinitives, gerunds, and participles), other specialized structures, and even punctuation for additional versatility. The third edition includes more exercises at the foundational level and more focus on how to arrange and combine sentences for maximum effect. It also includes a new initial chapter on “preliminaries” to define a few basic but overarching concepts, a separate chapter on pronouns, and a chapter devoted to the connection between understanding grammar and writing effective sentences. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cindy L. VittoPublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Edition: 3rd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 20.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.401kg ISBN: 9781554814534ISBN 10: 1554814537 Pages: 520 Publication Date: 02 May 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Spiral bound 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 ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Preliminaries Chapter 2 The Eight Parts of Speech: Building a Sentence with Noun or Pronoun + Verb Chapter 3 The Eight Parts of Speech—Adding Information and Connections: Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection Chapter 4 Basic Sentence Patterns for Be and Linking Verbs Chapter 5 Basic Sentence Patterns for Intransitive and Transitive Verbs Chapter 6 Combining and Expanding Patterns: Compound Structures Chapter 7 Combining and Expanding Patterns: Complex Sentences with Adverb and Relative Clauses Chapter 8 Combining and Expanding Patterns: Complex Sentences with Noun Clauses Chapter 9 Verbals Chapter 10 Crafting Better Sentences Chapter 11 Verbs Chapter 12 Pronouns Chapter 13 Usage Problems Associated with Adjectives and Adverbs Chapter 14 Punctuation and Capitalization Appendix 1 Summary of Clauses and Verbals Appendix 2 Diagraming Summary Appendix 3 Verb Conjugations (See and Be) Appendix 4 The Least You Should Know about Punctuation and Usage Answer Key IndexReviewsGrammar for English majors is as important as mathematics for Physics majors; it is the invisible structure that determines how language works. Unlike math, however, almost everyone learns to speak a language well without studying it in school. Grammar is an unconscious logical structure we know without knowing it. Cindy Vitto's Grammar by Diagram makes it conscious and comprehensible, and will improve students' writing and analytical skills, no matter their majors. -- Gordon Sayre, University of Oregon """Grammar for English majors is as important as mathematics for physics majors; it is the invisible structure that determines how language works. Unlike math, however, almost everyone learns to speak a language well without studying it in school. Grammar is unconscious logical structure we know without knowing it. Cindy Vitto's Grammar by Diagram makes it conscious and comprehensible and will improve students' writing and analytical skills, no matter their majors."" -- Gordon Sayre, University of Oregon Praise for the second edition ""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 gives students not only skills for crafting better sentences but also tools for examining language with greater care."" -- Candace Barrington, Central Connecticut State University ""Grammar by Diagram is a dream come true for me. I grew up academically on diagraming, and I have always thought it is one of the best ways for students to visualize the structure of the language."" -- George Edward Stanley, Cameron University" Grammar for English majors is as important as mathematics for Physics majors; it is the invisible structure that determines how language works. Unlike math, however, almost everyone learns to speak a language well without studying it in school. Grammar is unconscious logical structure we know without knowing it. Cindy Vitto's Grammar by Diagram makes it conscious and comprehensible, and will improve students' writing and analytical skills, no matter their majors. -- Gordon Sayre, University of Oregon Author InformationCindy L. Vitto is Professor Emerita of English at Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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