According to the letter by Carl W. Lehne of Florissant, "Meaning gets lost in cartoon about sentence diagramming" (Jan. 29), the art of correct English and grammar as well as ...

Anyone who believes diagramming sentences will make students better writers needs to look at history, writes Edgar H. Schuster, author and English teacher.

Diagramming not only helps students understand sentence structure and grammatical rules, but it also illustrates how much precision matters.

Lucy Ferriss accepts Slate’s challenge to diagram a sentence uttered by the Donald — and is surprised by what she learns.

I know that sentence diagraming still has its place in the classroom as well. Two of my children have had teachers who showed them how to diagram sentences, and both have found it useful in ...