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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 - 9/5/2008
Question
My daughter needs help diagramming the following sentence:
Can my friend Niki help you to move your piano? We have all the POS except for
the first word: Can
Answer
Dear Lisa,
Whenever one has a question to diagram, change it to a statement. That way the verb phrase would be evident. Therefore your sentence:
Can my friend, Niki, help you to move the piano? would become:
My friend, Niki, can help you to move the piano.
Subject: friend
Adjective modifying subject, my
Appositive : Niki
Verb phrase: can help
you: direct object
to move the piano is a verbal phrase (infinitive verbal phrase)
If you go to my web site:
http://members.cox.net/teachro/
Click on diagramming , then go to the following:
click on nouns, verbs, section...then click on number 16 to see how appositive is diagrammed...
Then click on : verbal and verbal phrases: and then click on:
Infinitive as an adverb...diagram to move like “to say” in the diagram and then go back to verbal/verbal phrases and click on : Infinitive phrase as a subject. You will see the word: “request” in the diagram. Diagram the word: piano, like that word, request, and then placed "Your" as an adjective below piano.
Hope this is helpful.
Thanks for using AllExperts.
Mrs. Lenc
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