BURNS FLOREY: Diagramming is just about taking a simple ... that kind of ritualized rote analysis of sentences, that way of teaching grammar. And kids were being encouraged to do more expressing ...

A brain helps, and so does a computer, but surely one of our most essential tools is some kind of diagramming system. How can we think about a sentence’s structure, after all, without displaying ...

For the pure geek of it, I challenged you to diagram a sentence from Mississippi State Senator Hob Bryan. He was arguing that Mississippi has passed plenty of laws against abortion already (update ...