There are plenty of people out there—not only English teachers but also amateur language buffs like me—who believe that diagramming a sentence provides insight into the mind of its perpetrator. The ...

I read an article last month about the lost art of diagramming sentences, a once-required skill that many American children had to master if they wanted to pass English back in the mid-20th century.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Parsing the statements of politicians has never been an easy task. But ...