Title: A fun look at language
Product review: Okay, here's the deal. The subtitle is misleading. This book doesn't focus exclusively on sentence diagramming. (Yes, I was a bit disappointed, too.) However, it is a lot of fun.Florey takes us on a fun ramble through the structure and use of language. Not only do we get a brief history of sentence diagramming (and its predecessor, word balloons) but we're also treated to various stories of different writers and their approaches both to diagramming, and grammar in general. (The section on Gertrude Stein is particularly amusing.)This book is the perfect gift for your favorite language geek. It's a quick read, nice for when you need a break from heavier tomes, but still educational. While I don't feel it quite reached its goal, I had a great bit of fun giggling as I read it on my commute.
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