If you can diagram this simple sentence, if you can diagram this complex sentence, if you can diagram this compound/complex sentence, the sisters told me, speaking proper English will come next.

The clauses in a compound sentence still make sense on their own and so we use coordinating conjunctions, such as 'and', 'but' and 'so' to link them together. Complex sentences include a ...

Sentence diagramming was once a widespread technique for teaching kids how to analyze the structure of a sentence. If you had to do it in school, you either loved it or you hated it. Most kids ...