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In an age when the truth and inherent nature of everything is routinely questioned, it should come as no surprise that grammar education has come to be regarded as unnecessary and even pernicious. Teachers advocate integrated approaches in what are essentially programs designed to facilitate language learning by osmosis—students will "pick up" the rules of English by reading and writing on their own much better than when they are subjected to rote memorization of the parts of speech and the drudgery of sentence diagramming.

This view is about 100 years old....and the one that preceded it stretched from roughly the 8th century B.C. in Greece to the early part of the 20th century across the whole Western world. While length of tradition is no argument in itself, the fact that so many great intellectuals were the product of the direct approach to grammar instruction (and the fact that so few of similar ability remain) should count for something. Grammar formed the basis on which the rest of one's education was built—the "grammar stage" of Classical education was just that, a solid grounding in the nature and usage of language intended to facilitate literacy, critical thinking and the ability to form ideas from existing facts.

It's hard to find a good definition of grammar, largely because its importance has been questioned and its content ignored for so long. Currently it's most often described as the rules regulating language, but this is only part of the story. Grammar is the system of usage employed for a language to facilitate and codify meaning. In simpler terms, grammar is rules that do regulate language for the explicit purpose of aiding universal understanding among speakers of that language. If such linguistic governance does not exist, people who ostensibly speak the same language will not understand each other.

A commonly identified problem among those educated in the United States is that they retain a certain form of illiteracy from their earliest years through high school and even college. They can identify and even read words, but they cannot interpret them in any meaningful way and they certainly cannot form complex ideas or thoughts based on what they read. There are (as with anything) a variety of contributing factors, but one of the most basic is the lack of direct grammar education they receive.

To design a bridge one must first be fluent in the laws of physics and mathematics employed in such an undertaking. The same principle applies to language—in order to understand what sentences, paragraphs and books mean, a student must first understand why words are arranged as they are, why punctuation works the way it does, what different kinds of words exist and why they must change form depending on context, even what context itself is. Grammar is that study, and it is not simply an end in itself, it is the foundation for the very thing toward which education aims: comprehension.

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501 English Verbs
by Thomas R. Beyer, Jr., Ph.D.
2nd edition from Barron's
for 9th-Adult
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
Advanced Language Lessons
by Mary Jane Newcomer (editor and revisor), Frank E. Spaulding, Catherine T. Bryce, Huber Gray Buehler
from Lost Classics Book Co.
for 7th-10th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
Analytical Grammar Level 3: Parts of Speech - Universal Set
by Robin Finley
Revised from Analytical Grammar
for 6th-12th grade
in Analytical Grammar (Location: GRA-AG)
$62.00
Analytical Grammar Level 4: Phrases and Clauses - Universal Set
by Robin Finley
Revised from Analytical Grammar
for 6th-12th grade
in Analytical Grammar (Location: GRA-AG)
$57.00
Beginning Outlining
by Anne Sattler
from Remedia Publications
for 3rd-4th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Behind the Mask
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Bugaboo Review
by Sue Sommer
1st edition from New World Library
for 7th-12th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
But and For, Yet and Nor
Words Are CATegorical
by Brian P. Cleary
from Millbrook Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Cache of Jewels
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99
Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns
by Ruth Heller
from Scholastic Reference
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$2.00 (2 in stock)
Caught'ya Again!
by Jane Bell Kiester
1st edition from Maupin House Publishing
for Kindergarten-12th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
Caught'ya!
by Jane Bell Kiester
3rd edition from Maupin House Publishing
for 7th-12th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Chortling Bard
by Jane Bell Kiester
from Maupin House Publishing
for 9th-12th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Composition Book II - Student Book
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 5th-7th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$21.95 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Composition Book IV - Student Guide
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 7th-9th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$21.95 $14.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Composition Book IV - Teacher Guide
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$29.95
Classical Composition Book IX - Student Guide
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 12th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$21.95
Classical Composition Book IX - Teacher Guide
from Memoria Press
for 12th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$29.95
Classical Composition Book V - Student Guide
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 8th-10th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$21.95 $14.00 (1 in stock)
Classical Composition Book VII - Student Guide
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 10th-12th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$21.95
Classical Composition Book VII - Teacher Guide
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 10th-12th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$29.95
Classical Composition Book VIII - Student Guide
by James A. Selby
from Memoria Press
for 11th-12th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$21.95
Classical Composition Book VIII - Teacher Guide
from Memoria Press
for 9th-11th grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$29.95
Daily Language Review 2
Tch from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 2nd grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
Daily Language Review 3
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 3rd grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Daily Language Review 4
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 4th grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
Daily Paragraph Editing Grade 3
by Barbara Linde
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 3rd grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
$14.00 (2 in stock)
Diagramming the Scriptures
by Shirley M. Forsen
from Xulon Press
Fiction for 5th-10th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$24.99
Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 10 - Student Workbook
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 10th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$15.95
Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 10 - Teacher Edition
by Wanda C. Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 10th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$35.95
Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 11 - Student Workbook
by Wanda C. Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 11th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$15.95
Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 11 - Teacher Edition
by Wanda C. Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 11th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$35.95 $24.00 (2 in stock)
Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 12 - Student Workbook
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 12th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$15.95
Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 12 - Teacher Edition
by Wanda C. Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 12th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$35.95
Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 8 - Student Workbook
by Wanda C. Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 8th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$15.95
Easy Grammar Ultimate Grade 8 - Teacher Edition
by Wanda C. Phillips
from Easy Grammar Systems
for 8th grade
in Easy Grammar / Daily Grams (Location: GRA-EGDG)
$35.95 $19.00 (2 in stock)
English Grammar Recitation
from Memoria Press
for 3rd-6th grade
$11.50 $7.00 (1 in stock)
English Grammar Recitation IV - Teacher Manual
by Ashley Gratto, Cheryl Lowe
from Memoria Press
for 4th-6th grade
$14.65 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Figures of Speech
by Arthur Quinn
from Hermagoras Press
for 9th-12th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
Grammar & Punctuation Grade 2
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 2nd grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
Grammar & Punctuation Grade 3
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 3rd grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
Grammar & Punctuation Grade 6
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 6th-8th grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary
by Brian P. Cleary
from Scholastic Inc.
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Hake Grammar and Writing 7 - Text
by Curtis Hake
2nd edition from Houghton Mifflin
for 7th grade
in Hake Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-HAKE)
$30.00 (1 in stock)
Handbook of Grammar & Composition
by James A. Chapman
5th edition from A Beka Books
for 7th-12th grade
in A Beka Grammar & Writing (Location: GRA-ABK)
I and You and Don't Forget Who
Words Are CATegorical
by Brian P. Cleary
from First Avenue Editions
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
If You Were a Noun
by Michael Dahl
from Picture Window Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
If You Were an Adjective
by Michael Dahl
from Picture Window Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Intermediate Language Lessons - Teacher's Guide
Tch from Lost Classics Book Co.
for 3rd-6th grade
in Emma Serl Language Lessons (Location: GRA-SERL)
$14.00 (3 in stock)
Introduction to Composition - Student Guide
by Ashley Gratto
3rd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$11.50 $7.00 (2 in stock)
Introduction to Composition - Teacher Guide
by Brenda Janke & Jessica Watson
3rd edition from Memoria Press
for 3rd grade
in Memoria Press Classical Composition (Location: WRI-MPCC)
$11.50 $7.00 (1 in stock)
Introduction to Composition - Teacher Guide (old)
by Ashley Gratto
from Memoria Press
for 3rd grade
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Jensen's Grammar - Text Only
by Frode Jensen
from Wordsmiths
for 7th-12th grade
$18.00
Journey Through Grammar Land Parts 1 & 2
by Frode Jensen, Vernie O. Jones
from Wordsmiths
for 3rd-6th grade
in Jensen's English (Location: GRA-JENSEN)
King Alfred's English
by Laurie J. White
from Shorter Word Press
for 7th-12th grade
in History of Books & Language (Location: HISV-BOOK)
$15.60
Kites Sail High
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Kites Sail High
by Ruth Heller
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Language Fundamentals Grade 4 (OLD)
from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
for 4th grade
in Evan-Moor Grammar (Location: ZCLE-EM)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Language Lessons for the High School Student 1 - Answer Key
by Sandi Queen
from Queen Homeschool Supplies
for 9th-12th grade
in Queen Homeschool Language Lessons (Location: GRA-QUEEN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Language Lessons for the High School Student Grammar Review & More - Answer Key
by Sandi Queen
from Queen Homeschool Supplies
for 9th-12th grade
in Queen Homeschool Language Lessons (Location: GRA-QUEEN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Language Lessons for the Secondary Child 2
by Sandi Queen
from Queen Homeschool Supplies
for 6th-9th grade
in Queen Homeschool Language Lessons (Location: GRA-QUEEN)
Language Mechanic
by M. A. Hockett
from Critical Thinking Books
for 4th-6th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$24.99
Language Smarts Level E
by Noreen Conte
from Critical Thinking Books
for 4th grade
in Critical Thinking Language Smarts (Location: GRA-CTLS)
$42.99
Many Luscious Lollipops
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99
Many Luscious Lollipops
by Ruth Heller
from Scholastic Inc.
for 2nd-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$2.00 (2 in stock)
Merry-Go-Round
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Mine, All Mine
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99
Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink
by Brian P. Cleary
Words Are CATegorical from Millbrook Press
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Mother Tongue
by George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold
1st edition from Blue Sky Daisies
for 6th-10th grade
in The Mother Tongue Grammar (Location: GRA-MOTHER)
$24.95
Mother Tongue - Workbook 2 Answer Key
by Amy M. Edwards, Christina J. Mugglin
from Blue Sky Daisies
for 6th-10th grade
in The Mother Tongue Grammar (Location: GRA-MOTHER)
$9.95
Our Mother Tongue
by Nancy Wilson
2nd edition from Canon Press
for 7th-10th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$23.99
Painless Grammar
by Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
2nd edition from Barron's
for 4th-6th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$3.00 (3 in stock)
Painless Grammar
by Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
3rd edition from Barron's
for 4th-6th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Painless Grammar
by Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
4th edition from Barron's
for 4th-6th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Painless Grammar
by Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
5th edition from Barron's
for 4th-6th grade
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
$16.99
Punctuation Power
by Marvin Terban
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-6th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Punctuation Takes a Vacation
by Robin Pulver
from Holiday House
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$7.99
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky
by Brian P. Cleary
from Millbrook Press
for 2nd-3rd grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Sentence Diagramming Level 1
from Critical Thinking Books
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$14.99
Sentence Diagramming Level 2
by Angela Carter
from Critical Thinking Books
for 7th-12th grade
in Miscellaneous Grammar Curriculum (Location: GRA-MISC)
$16.99
Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk
Words Are CATegorical
by Brian P. Cleary
from Millbrook Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp
Words Are CATegorical
by Brian P. Cleary
from Millbrook Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
Uncovering the Logic of English
by Denise Eide
2nd Edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for 9th-Adult
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$14.99
Up, Up and Away
by Ruth Heller
from PaperStar Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Grammar Picture Books (Location: GRA-PIC)
$8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Verbs, Verbs, Verbs
by Marvin Terban
from Scholastic Inc.
for 7th-10th grade
in Clearance: English & Language Arts (Location: ZCLE-LAN)
$2.00 (2 in stock)
War Against Grammar
by David Mulroy
from Heinemann Educational Books
for Adult
in Grammar Reference (Location: REF-GRA)
Well-Ordered Language Level 1A
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
2nd edition from Classical Academic Press
for 3rd-4th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
Well-Ordered Language Level 1A - Teacher's Edition
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
2nd edition from Classical Academic Press
for 3rd-4th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$26.95
Well-Ordered Language Level 1A Set (old)
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 3rd-4th grade
$26.00 (1 in stock)
Well-Ordered Language Level 1B
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 3rd-4th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$23.95
Well-Ordered Language Level 1B - Teacher's Edition
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 3rd-4th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$26.95
Well-Ordered Language Level 2A
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 4th-5th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$23.95
Well-Ordered Language Level 2A - Teacher's Edition
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 4th-5th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$26.95 $17.50 (1 in stock)
Well-Ordered Language Level 2B
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 4th-5th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$23.95
Well-Ordered Language Level 2B - Teacher's Edition
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 4th-6th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$26.95 $16.00 (2 in stock)
Well-Ordered Language Level 3A - Student Book
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 5th-6th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$23.95
Well-Ordered Language Level 3A - Teacher's Edition
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 5th-6th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$26.95
Well-Ordered Language Level 3B - Student Book
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 5th-6th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$23.95
Well-Ordered Language Level 3B - Teacher Edition
by Tammy Peters, Daniel Coupland
1st edition from Classical Academic Press
for 5th-6th grade
in Well-Ordered Language (Location: GRA-WOL)
$26.95
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