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9780867095517

The War Against Grammar

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  • ISBN13:

    9780867095517

  • ISBN10:

    0867095512

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-08-21
  • Publisher: Heinemann Drama
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Summary

Whether championing the grammatical analysis of phrases and clauses or arguing for the vital importance of sentence diagramming, Mulroy offers a lucid, learned, passionate account of the history, importance, and value of grammar.

Author Biography

A Stanford Ph.D., Professor DAVID MULROY has taught Classics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 1973. He has published both scholarly and general-interest essays and three books of translations of ancient Greek and Roman poetry. His latest work is a translation of the poems of Catullus.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Charles Schuster vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
One America the Grammarless 1(27)
Two The First Liberal Art 28(15)
Three We've Passed This Way Before 43(17)
Four The War Against Grammar 60(44)
Five Grammar at the Dawn of the Third Millenium 104(16)
Works Cited 120(5)
Index 125

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