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Yossarian the Grammarian
Many parents have noted with dismay that their children’s writing is riddled with grammatical errors - run-on sentences, not enough commas and too many apostrophes, misplaced modifiers, and so forth. And when parents try to explain what the problem is, they discover that their children lack even the most rudimentary understanding of sentence structure and parts of speech. Trying to teach a non-grammatical child how to avoid run-on sentences is like trying to teach a Hottentot how to make a soufflé. Without the necessary background and vocabulary, it’s an exercise in frustration.
Yossarian the Grammarian to the rescue! In a series of 24 short videos, Yossarian teaches the basic elements of English sentence structure and grammar. The series starts, as it should, with the verb.