CPanther95
Mummyketeer
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- Aug 4, 2000
I was in elementary school in the early-mid 70's. I remember it being taught, but IIRC we only spent about a week or 2 on the concept.
I always thought diagramming sentences was stupid and I have never once needed that skill. My kids haven't been taught and I hope no teacher ever feels the need to waste their time changing that fact.
No, I can't diagram a sentence, but I CAN fold fitted sheets. Perfectly. So....BOO-YAH!!!
Of course it's not a skill you would ever use. It's just about spending repetition getting used to each part of a sentence and how it's used properly. With a diagram it's really easy to see those part. But, yeah, why would you ever want to use it in real life. It's just a building block of learning sentence structure. Certainly not the only way, but for me it was very effective.
Wow wasn't being sarcastic all just trying to agree that it's definitely not a skill you'd use later in life but just doing it (like all those repetitive things they make us go in school) can have value.I have no idea why you felt the need to quote me and be sarcastic & snarky
Of course it's not a skill you would ever use. It's just about spending repetition getting used to each part of a sentence and how it's used properly. With a diagram it's really easy to see those part. But, yeah, why would you ever want to use it in real life. It's just a building block of learning sentence structure. Certainly not the only way, but for me it was very effective.
Strangely, I could never figure it out. Yet I am an extremely good writer. I was the Editor AND the Copy Editor of our High School newspaper because no one else tested good enough to divide the job. In college, English 101 was required for all Freshmen. First assignment was to write an essay. When they came bac,k everybody had failed, except mine on which was written "See me". The Professor asked if I had had any help, because no one was supposed to pass that first assignment, but I had. I guess that proves the value of learning to diagram sentences!
I can. I went to a Catholic Elementary school in the 90s. Not sure how important it is anymore. I'd rather my kid learn cursive instead, I think.