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About Rosemary Lenc
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I am a retired Middle School teacher. I am an expert in grammar (structure of the English
language) and writing. I have been a volunteer with AOL Ask A Teacher and have
submitted many articles and special collections (one on diagramming sentences and one
with worksheets and answers so students can check their own practice on grammar skills)
to their knowledge database. I still am with them but would like other work where I can
help students with their English study. I have time to help you with this, if you want me. I
can help with grade school, middle school and high school grammar & writing and can
also look up information on literature (reading) for students and help them with it.
Please let me know if I can be of help in these areas. Thank you.
Rosemary Lenc
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Have helped many, many students in grade school language arts, middle school and high
school grammar and writing in both the chat rooms (live help that AOL use to have) and
message board answers plus the many students i have taught as a teacher.
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Expert: Rosemary Lenc - 9/6/2008
Question
I have pondered and re-worked the following sentences several times. Could you provide assistance with providing a diagram for the following two sentences?
The cold breeze made my hat blow away.
The teacher saw that the principal arrived.
Answer
Dear Jim,
A diagram of a sentence is "showing" how the words within the sentence are related to each other. Therefore you have to know what each word is doing in the sentence.
Example:
The cold breeze made my hat blow away.
breeze: subject
the; cold: adjectives modifying the subject, breeze.
made: verb
hat: direct object of the verb, made
the: adjective modifying the direct object, hat
"blow away" blow is an infinitive ...even though the "to" is not there.
So you would diagram it as an adverb infinitive under the verb, made...and away...as an adverb under the infinitive...telling where it blew.
You will have help in diagram this sentence at my web site:
http://members.cox.net/teachro/
I think you know how to diagram most of the sentence...except maybe the infinitive as an adverb and the adverb, away. Click on diagramming and check then on verbals & verbal phrases. Then click on Infinitive phrase as an adverb and you will see how to diagram "blow away". Place the missing "to" in parenthesis before on the slant line.
The second sentence is a complex sentence.
The teacher saw. independent clause
that the principal arrived...dependent or subordinate clause.
Check out the diagramming of a complex sentence at my site.
"That" would be diagrammed on the slanted line between "saw" and "arrived.
Subject of indep. clause is teacher...the verb is "saw"
Subject of dependent clause is : principal and the verb is "arrived".
Hopefully the above will help you.
It is difficult to show diagramming in text.
If you have difficulty even after you have checked out my web site,
write again and I will try to draw or give you another site so you can see how it is done.
Thanks for using AllExperts.
Mrs. Lenc
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