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

Setting aside the political aspects of Steve Sack's editorial cartoon "Assignment: Diagram sentences in a Sarah Palin speech" (Jan. 24), he should have labeled the department door "The Historical ...

The recently revised Standards of Learning of the Commonwealth of Virginia consider sentence diagramming an “essential skill” and mandate that it be taught in grades 6-8. Frankly, if English ...