Students of English as a second language, whose errors in writing result partly from lack of control over English transform patterns, should be taught to combine ideas through a transform process. (Author)

Basic to composition skill is control of sentence structure and accuracy in mechanics. Although it is often said that a student should not write what he has not first heard and practiced orally, it might equally well be said that he should not be expected to write grammatical patterns that he has not read, inasmuch as there is a difference in the…