and what diagrams of sentences by Hemingway, Welty, Proust, Kerouac and other famous writers reveal about them.įlorey also offers up her own common-sense approach to learning and using good grammar. the inferior "balloon diagram" predecessor. Now, in this illustrated personal history that any language lover will adore, Kitty Burns Florey explores the rise and fall of sentence diagramming, including its invention by a mustachioed man named Brainerd "Brainy" Kellogg and his wealthy accomplice Alonzo Reed. But are we that much worse for not knowing the word-mapping method? Once wildly popular in grammar schools across the country, sentence diagramming has fallen out of fashion. Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls Florey also offers up her own common-sense approach to learning and using good grammar."Kitty Burns Florey seems to write from a great wellspring of inner calm that derives from a gleeful appreciation of life's smallest details." and what diagrams of sentences by Hemingway, Welty, Proust, Kerouac and other famous writers reveal about them. But are we that much worse for not knowing the word-mapping method? Now, in this illustrated personal history that any language lover will adore, Kitty Burns Florey explores the rise and fall of sentence diagramming, including its invention by a mustachioed man named Brainerd "Brainy" Kellogg and his wealthy accomplice Alonzo Reed. Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls Once wildly popular in grammar schools across the country, sentence diagramming has fallen out of fashion.
"Kitty Burns Florey seems to write from a great wellspring of inner calm that derives from a gleeful appreciation of life's smallest details."
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