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Re: unpronouncable, one more time
Posted By: Howard, on host 209.86.37.218
Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2001, at 18:11:59
In Reply To: Re: unpronouncable, one more time posted by Darien on Wednesday, February 14, 2001, at 13:05:57:

> I (pronoun) figured (verb) after (adverb) a (adjective) couple (adjective) of (preposition) days (noun), I (pronoun) would confess (verb), which (noun) I (pronoun) did (verb), and (conjunction) congratulate (verb) those (pronoun) who (adjective) saw (verb) through (adverb) it (pronoun), which (noun) I (pronoun) didn't get (verb-adverb compound) to do (verb).
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> > (Note: Every now and then I write a sentence like that and I want to say, "Okay, class. Diagram that one.")
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> How'd I do, teach?

You flunked. I guess diagramming is a lost art. Good riddence.
But you do know your parts of speech.
I can't possibly diagram a sentence on a computer. Find an old, old English book and look it up. That is if you are really curious about it.
It helped some students understand sentence structure.
Howard

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