[HN Gopher] Diagraming Sentences in the 19th Century
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       Diagraming Sentences in the 19th Century
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2024-06-24 16:47 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | GeekyBear wrote:
       | I had difficulty with English grammar when I was young, until I
       | was taught by an older lady who still taught her classes to
       | diagram sentences.
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       | For whatever reason, it all fell into place easily using that
       | method.
        
       | AlbertCory wrote:
       | I went to a Catholic grammar school (yes, I guess that's a pun
       | there). We didn't learn any science, but we sure learned our
       | grammar. Including diagramming sentences (I don't remember all
       | those refinements, though). The process is pretty helpful.
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       | I find that book reader to be very unappealing, and for this
       | Fremont Older book, which I'm currently writing about:
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       | https://archive.org/details/myownstory00oldegoog
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       | I downloaded the PDF. I think they should have done that here,
       | too and extracted some actual diagrams.
        
         | dwhitney wrote:
         | I learned how to diagram sentences in college. It was eye-
         | opening, and I wish I had learned it sooner.
        
       | 082349872349872 wrote:
       | Knuth both enjoyed diagramming sentences in K-12 and wrote
       | compilers during the summer in university. I believe these facts
       | are probably related.
        
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