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Saturday, December 11, 2010

A Writer's Manual and Workbook by Paul Kies.

Perhaps this link is better than no customer reviews. An internet Answer Man resolved the difficult problem of diagramming the familiar sentence "See Spot run." as follows: "Never fear. We pull out our trusty 1936 edition of A Writer's Manual and Workbook by Paul Kies. Kies writes that to, though it's the "sign of the infinitive," is "frequently omitted, especially after such verbs as help, make, bid, feel, see, hear, dare, need;" e.g., I heard him sing, I see Spot run. He even provides a diagrammed infinitive, which looks like the Flying Wallendas playing jai alai. (See Slug's masterful rendering.) This week sentence diagramming, next week world peace?" http://bit.ly/fEfbkr 
Just submitted customer review of book I have not read to Amazon. Not accepted as yet, but copied to blog post: http://bit.ly/eLGclo

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