orbiter
New member
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2013
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- English
- Home Country
- UK
- Current Location
- Mexico
Hello,
I am learning how to diagram sentences by using a number of youtube tutorials. My purpose is to lean English grammar. From what I have been learning, English grammar can seem very foreign to me, although I am English.
I am not able to find a single youtube tutorial that answers all of the questions and they all tend to specialize in particular concepts of grammar.
My goal is to be able to analyze any English sentence so that I can understand what I read and what I write and then the structure of my speech.
Presently, I am learning the components of a sentence and how they fit together. I will add that that is not a case of simple math. It sometimes seems like a case of complex logic mixed with a litany of intuition (whatever that might be).
Below is a sentence I found on the 'Time Magazine' website. (it might even be two sentences)
I am making no claims about the diagram except that the diagram is incorrect -- the diagram is wrong.
To state that it is wrong is a generalization (although a very accurate generalization) that means it has a number of errors.
How it is correct is that it represents my thinking about the sentence and therefore offers an open window to how I am structuring the sentence deeper in my mind based on what I think I understand (...)
I ask this question to those who might see clearly "Where is my understanding going wrong and in what areas do I need to get more information and dwell upon?"
I look forward with excited anticipation to any revealing comments.
I am learning how to diagram sentences by using a number of youtube tutorials. My purpose is to lean English grammar. From what I have been learning, English grammar can seem very foreign to me, although I am English.
I am not able to find a single youtube tutorial that answers all of the questions and they all tend to specialize in particular concepts of grammar.
My goal is to be able to analyze any English sentence so that I can understand what I read and what I write and then the structure of my speech.
Presently, I am learning the components of a sentence and how they fit together. I will add that that is not a case of simple math. It sometimes seems like a case of complex logic mixed with a litany of intuition (whatever that might be).
Below is a sentence I found on the 'Time Magazine' website. (it might even be two sentences)
I am making no claims about the diagram except that the diagram is incorrect -- the diagram is wrong.
To state that it is wrong is a generalization (although a very accurate generalization) that means it has a number of errors.
How it is correct is that it represents my thinking about the sentence and therefore offers an open window to how I am structuring the sentence deeper in my mind based on what I think I understand (...)
I ask this question to those who might see clearly "Where is my understanding going wrong and in what areas do I need to get more information and dwell upon?"
I look forward with excited anticipation to any revealing comments.