Check out my fiction -  Monday, April 8, 2013  Grammar Matters
I learned to diagram sentences many many years ago in high
school. This website will walk you through the basics. Why does
it matter? Why learn how to do it at all? I've got grammar
checker. That's all I need. Right?  Wrong. Tools are only useful
if you understand them. Would you try using a router when you
had no idea what it was supposed to do? A multimeter is just a
weird device until you understand what it's measuring and how to
use it. Grammar checker is only a tool. When you understand how
grammar works, you understand how limited a tool grammar checker
really is.  Diagramming sentences is also a tool. It can help
you better understand language. It can help you construct
sentences that are more clear and more elegant. It will improve
your writing.  Why bother? Because language is communication.
Writing is a method of transferring ideas from my head to yours.
If my writing is unclear, because of poor grammar or spelling or
misuse of commas,