German
In
this section of my website you will find
Essential
German, a complete course in reading and writing German,
Fairy
tales of the Brothers Grimm, with vocabulary sections, marginal
notes, and exercises,
Letters
of famous German-speaking men and women, with vocabulary sections,
marginal notes, and exercises,
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German sentence diagrams. |
Latin
In
this section of my website you will find
1750
English words derived from Latin, defined and used in original
sentences,
420
flashcards with SAT-type Latin derivatives,
108 quizzes of Latin derivatives,
Parent
words of Latin derivatives,
and Latin sentence
diagrams. |
English
In
this section of my website you will find
The basics of
sentence diagramming,
250 archived "Daily Diagrams,"
Diagrams
of sentences from literature, from the U.S. Constitution, from the
Gettysburg Address, from presidential inaugural addresses, and
from newspaper articles,
Explanations of English
grammar and usage,
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. and more. |
My
Books
Click
on a book cover to read about the book and to view several of its
pages. |
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Even children can learn to diagram sentences
using this book overflowing with examples and exercises. The book
is a compilation of my three previous diagramming books: A
First Book of Sentence Diagramming, A Second Book of
Sentence Diagramming, and A Workbook of Sentence
Diagramming. Click on the cover for details.
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Adult learners will appreciate the in-depth
grammar explanations, the challenges of "Stories in the
Park" and "100-Word Sentences." New to this edition
is a 20-page introduction to tree diagrams. Click on the cover for details.
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If you love to diagram, you'll welcome the
challenges of this book. You will find, among other improvements,
a "bare bones" diagram (lines only, no words) and a
complete diagram (lines and words) of each sentence. Click on the
cover for details.
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The newest and most
challenging of my three books of Latin derivatives, this book
features seven units of ten lessons each, with each lesson
containing ten Latin derivatives. The book is replete with
quizzes, tests, and lots of extras. No Latin necessary. Click on the cover for
details.
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The Brothers Grimm collected more than 200 fairy
tales. Here, in a professionally printed and beautifully bound
book, are sixteen you've never read. Each story is accompanied by
vocabulary sections and marginal notes. The book includes an
extensive glossary and a grammar appendix. Click on the cover for details. |
Learn to read and write German with this
complete, grammar-intensive course. The reformatted book is not
photocopied but printed from digital files. Click on the cover for details. |
Read letters in German
by Beethoven, Bismarck, Nietzsche,
Einstein, Kafka, Freud, and many others. The book includes
vocabulary sections, marginal notes, and exercises. Click on the cover for details. |
Learn adjectives like redolent, irascible, incipient,
disjunctive, peremptory, and petulant; verbs like inveigh,
contravene, proscribe, stultify, equivocate, and exculpate;
and nouns like ebullience, solipsism, concatenation, temerity,
casuistry, and fecundity. Click on the cover for details. |
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Three of my books (Drawing
Sentences, Diagramming Step by Step, and Unbekannt und Unbeachtet)
can be ordered from Butler Books of Louisville and from Amazon.com.
The books are less expensive at Amazon, but I make considerably
more on orders from Butler Books. The other five books must be
ordered directly from me. The process is this: 1) you email me at ermoutoux@juno.com
stating which books you would like to order; 2) I respond with
(confirmation of) the price of the books and my postal address; 3)
you send me a check or money order for the books; 4) I send you
the books (media-mail postage is included in the price of the
books). |
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My
wife, Mary
Joan Moutoux,
died
in 2006 at the age of 64.
To
visit "Joni's Page," please click here.
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To
view pictures of my family and me,
please click here.
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To
read one or more of my poems,
please
click here.
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Please send comments and
questions to
ermoutoux@juno.com. |
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