Sentence diagramming was once a widespread technique for teaching kids how to analyze the structure of a sentence. If you had to do it in school, you either loved it or you hated it. Most kids hated ...

When you think about a sentence, you usually think about words — not lines. But sentence diagramming brings geometry into grammar. If you weren't taught to diagram a sentence, this might sound a ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. What tools does a grammarian need? A brain helps, and so does a computer, but surely one of our most ...