Sentence diagrams.

[The Man who was Thursday]

Does anybody do these anymore?  

[Zealot of Insanity]

I remember how to do them. I used to have to do a sentence diagram of the preamble(?) of the Declaration of Indepence. xp  

[Angel80272]

I always hated doing those in school, but once I moved from a private school to a public one, I noticed that I was the only person that even knew what a sentence diagram was. Even the teachers were clueless.  

[The Man who was Thursday]

tiger80272

I always hated doing those in school, but once I moved from a private school to a public one, I noticed that I was the only person that even knew what a sentence diagram was. Even the teachers were clueless.

Huh. I learned them in a public school.

Granted, my English teacher at the time (8th grade) was awesome.  

[Angel80272]

You started in 8th grade? I was diagramming sentences from third grade to eighth grade. I still don't understand the point, but it was rather fun once you got to compound-complex sentences with prepositional phrases and adverbs describing adverbs.  

[The Man who was Thursday]

tiger80272

You started in 8th grade? I was diagramming sentences from third grade to eighth grade. I still don't understand the point, but it was rather fun once you got to compound-complex sentences with prepositional phrases and adverbs describing adverbs.

Started and finished.

Actually, come to think of it, I might've done them at some point in elementary school, but I don't remember.

The point was to understand the function of each and every word in the sentence.  

[Lissiwen]

I remember learning them in middle school and then having to do them every now and again in jr high... but I never use them anymore. I guess they helped me to learn how to form a sentance, but I really do think that they're somewhat pointless.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

I've heard of sentence diagrams, but have never actually done them.

Indepence Independence, sentance sentence




This is a properly formatted sentence. The first letter of a sentence is ALWAYS capitalized. A sentence always ends in a punctuation mark, usually a period, but sometimes a question mark or exclamation point. Punctuation such as the comma, the colon and the semicolon are used as sentence pausers. Never should a sentence end with one of these.  

[splashseal]

I learned how to do them in a grammar class at my college. I had no idea about such things before then, so I am surprised that people actually learned them much earlier in school.  

[Angel80272]

Well, my school prided itself in the quality of education that it delivered; they were a full year ahead of public schools when comparing grade levels. I don't use diagrams anymore, but I guess I do see why we had to learn them. Seeing exactly where every word in a sentence fits really helps you obtain a larger grasp on the English language.  

[limp dick]

Yes, I remember those.
I remember learning all of the different structural sentences and all that jazz.  

[Sachiko13]

I learned them in my public school in seventh grade. We spent an entire term doing them, but not all class. My school district is considered one of the best in the state, and my state is high in the national rank, as well.  

[xBSJGx]

Wow, I though my school didn't learn anything I need to know.
But I learned diagrams for sentences.
It can really help you know how to write a sentence correctly, and
know the parts of speeches, and everything esle like that.

But I wish I knew more. And I only learn it in 10th grade. Im still in 10th grade.  

[Ellis Bell Esq.]

Is there a Wiki for this? I've seen them, but I've never been taught how to do them. I kind of want to learn just for the heck of it.  

[Ame Yuki Kaze]

XBSGJ: though thought, Im I'm

OK, enough talking about it. Let's do it.

Jerry walked with Terri up the grocery store and bought some apples.

That seems like a nice, simple sentence. I've never diagrammed a sentence, so please don't kill me if I'm incorrect.

Jerry and Terri are the subjects. Walked is the verb. The grocery store is the... target?

OK, I give up. Someone who actually knows what they're doing please take over.


i am very literate
You are? Well that's funny, because to me, it looks like you're missing something.
yeah what
The first letter of a sentence is supposed to be capitalized. All you need to do is hold down the Shift key while typing the letter.

When you write the letter "I" in reference to yourself, it is always supposed to be uppercase (same as capitalized).
Oh, I didn't know that Am I literate now
Almost. There's just one more thing you need.
What else
Punctuation. When your sentence comes to an end, it needs either a period (.), exclamation point (!) or question mark (?) (for questions only). Otherwise, it's not complete.
Oh, I get it! Thank you so much for your help. Now I'm truly literate!
it's not a problem. I'm glad I could be of help.

Capitalize those I's! Punctuate that sentence's posterior. Not capitalizing a sentence's first letter is the same as decapitating it.