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Redfern, Richard K. – English Journal, 1996
Explains why people say "for she and I"--and argues that such usage is correct. (RS)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Pronouns
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Cooper, Charles R. – English Journal, 1973
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Research
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Church, Frank C. – English Journal, 1967
Phonological rules based on "stress-terminal pattern" (the principle that a phonological phrase has one primary stress and one terminal juncture requiring a mark of punctuation) can be used to improve punctuation in composition. These rules require that the writer be able to speak sentences at a normal pace with intonation appropriate to the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, English Instruction, Intonation, Language Patterns
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Stageberg, Norman C. – English Journal, 1958
The identification and study of 20 syntactical patterns responsible for much of the structural ambiguity found in literary composition can develop in students an audience awareness. When they realize that such constructions as "a dull boy's knife" and "the club will be open to members from Monday to Thursday" can be misinterpreted, they take more…
Descriptors: Audiences, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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McGuire, Eileen J. – English Journal, 1967
When ninth-grade students are searching for help in expressing their newly discovered ideas, the principles of transformational grammar can be brought to their aid in the following ways: (1) Assign a provocative topic to the students which they are to discuss as fully as possible in one sentence. (2) Present only the kernel sentences of a…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 9, Grammar, Junior High School Students