Chapter seven introduces prepositional phrases. There are sixteen chapters in all. The intent is that by reading many diagrams, a beginning diagrammer will acquire a feel for this way of analyzing syntax. The blue pages in the middle of the book are a teacher's manual. They will help you to use the book as a teaching aid, although it was not written as a stand-alone English program.
Final sections illustrate the value of syntax in understanding complex English prose and poetry.
There are two versions of this book, which have been on the market simultaneously, meeting different needs. The footbridge, when I walked across alone In winter moonlight, had a wooden tone. It explains elementary diagrams and offers practice pages with answers. It should be possible for the average fourth grader to use this with minimal help from his teacher. N ew printing is lightly bound in ivory cover.