It took some real carpentry skills to diagram sentences back in the day, didn’t it? Not only did you need to know grammar, but then you had to build a contraption on which each and every part of speech could rest in suspended animation indefinitely, correctly, and comfortably! It wasn’t easy. Imagine building this one!!!
I added this image/poem on Dec. 18, 2024 because I believe it helps deepen our understanding and appreciation of grammar and the architecture of expression.
“I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences.”
― Gertrude Stein, Lectures in America (1935)
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There are so few of us left! I’m glad you reminded me!
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I thought you might enjoy this update, especially the quote at the end!
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Oh man! What was she thinking? I think she needed to get out more! However, I’m glad I learned how to diagram sentences but never thought of it as exciting! God bless Mrs. Hamilton at Wylandville Elementary for getting the ball rolling!
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