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Reply Wed 13 May, 2009 06:08 pm
How would you diagram this sentence: The electrician needed tools and insulated wire to restore service.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Wed 13 May, 2009 07:02 pm
@JenWampler,
I wouldn't diagram for you. I studied diagramming in school many years ago and I think it helped me, although I remember being bored.

You will most benefit if you figure this out for yourself from your teacher's instruction, a text book, or from an internet site that explains it - perhaps all of those -

Do you have a text book?

ossobuco
 
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Reply Wed 13 May, 2009 07:14 pm
@ossobuco,
Perhaps you don't have a text book, and I apologize for assuming that.

Many people here do know diagramming, and may post with useful information.
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Shapeless
 
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Reply Wed 13 May, 2009 07:23 pm
This website might be useful: Sentence Diagramming.
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OmSigDAVID
 
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Reply Wed 13 May, 2009 08:07 pm
Interesting
farmerman
 
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Reply Thu 14 May, 2009 05:51 am
@OmSigDAVID,
NOT
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George
 
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Reply Thu 14 May, 2009 07:11 am
@JenWampler,
Let's assume you know the basics of sentence diagramming. That is, you know
how to construct a diagram and where to put the various sentence elements.

If this assumption is correct, then you must break down the sentence into its
components and proceed from there.

It looks to me like you have
* a subject and an article modifying it
* a verb
* a compound direct object with a modifier
* an infinitive used as an adverb

Do you agree so far?
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