Sentence Sense
A diagramming and parsing handbook, designed to be used by students and teachers alike, from about sixth grade and up.
Sentence Sense includes most of the grammar instruction and exercises from Thomas Harvey’s Practical Grammar of the English Language, revised in 1878.
Sentence Sense is designed to be used by students and teachers alike, from about sixth grade and up. A sentence diagram supplies a visual representation of the relationship between the parts of the sentence. Discerning these relationships is an exercise in logic. Practiced regularly, sentence diagramming improves grammar, writing, and reading comprehension. In higher levels of prose and poetry, a sentence diagram can be a valuable aid to comprehension of a challenging or complicated argument.
In your own writing, diagramming will help you pinpoint grammatical errors and perfect sentence structure. Parsing is application of technical grammar concepts to real sentences. Frequent sentence parsing exercises will result in permanent mastery of grammar concepts. Scholars young and old profit by the traditional practice of diagramming and parsing worthwhile sentences drawn from worthy books.
