Sentence Diagramming 2: Prepositional Phrases. English Grammar Lesson

[zawmbees]

Do you have any published on grammar? :)

You're making AS English Language easier.

[littlebit19801]

Where would you put an interjection word? Like if you said, "Boy, it's hot!"

[vishram96]

what if it read: On Tuesday, the ship sank.

would the the prepositional phrase be put under the subject?

[mrthoth]

@vishram96 The diagram for "On Tuesday, the ship sank" is identical to the diagram of "The ship sank on Tuesday" (except for which letter gets capitalized, if you use capitalization in your diagrams). In both sentences, on Tuesday answers the question, "Sank when?" The logical function of the prepositional phrase is not altered, in this case, by its position.

[PowerViolenceForever]

what the fuck is the point of this? I remember learning this shit in school and thinking it was shitty. Now im done with school and not once ever has this ever once EVER came up in real life.

[V23Karting]

I'd much rather be listening to dubstep basslines than LA baselines. You helped me a bunch with my quiz. Thank you.

[2008ilovemusic]

You helped me with my homework

[2008ilovemusic]

Thanks so much!!!!

[nicolebmoviesFTW2]

Shouldn't "the" be put before "of my dreams" on the diagram since it comes first in the sentence, or doesn't it matter?

[angeloangelo123123]

wow, thanks i was having trouble with this subject but now i kinda understand. thank you

[AllThingsFulfilled]

Would you diagram the following sentence?

"This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven."

[ddsharper]

The ship drew on. Is on a preposition here? Is the noun implied, the object of the preposition or what? thanks.

[mrthoth]

@ddsharper "On" is an adverb here (synonymous with "forward"), not a preposition.

[ddsharper]

@mrthoth thank you so much.

[rya2453]

I think u forgot the tail of the prep or that is how our teacher had us learn it idk thank you so much

[shortyboy796]

Thank you so much! This helped me study. Please make more english related videos! THANK YOU! Great job your waaaaaaaay better than my teacher at explaining things!

[bboy9955]

oops the was not capitalized in your diagram!!!! -10000

[sideofham]

I appreciate your videos. I'd like to see you upload some videos on tree diagramming. Those are great!

[torixundead]

Quick question, if the sentence was "On Tuesday, the ship sank." Would it be diagrammed the same way?

[mrthoth]

Yes, it would.

[maddyisbattie]

Question.... does a verb always have to go on a straight line my question must sound really stupid oh well i am a blond :)

[mrthoth]

Thanks for the question! The answer is that verbs always go on a horizontal line.

[boybands4life]

oops I mean Mr.Thoth...sorry

[boybands4life]

Hi,Mr.Roth.Can you use a question for a prepositonal phrases?...For example...Did you eat the chocalate cake?..if so can you make a video of this one?

[mrthoth]

Prepositions show up in questions just as they do in statements, but there is no preposition in "Did you eat the chocolate cake?" The diagram for the question "Did you eat the chocolate cake?" by the way, is identical to the diagram for the statement "You did eat the chocolate cake." In both the question and the statement, "you" is the subject and "did eat" is the verb, and so their diagrams are alike.

[kidvisions]

Hello, I have two questions and I was woundering if you can answer them.

1)Why did you put the second prepositional phrase before the subject it is modifying?

2)Why did you put dreams before my?

Thank you :)

[mrthoth]

Thanks for your question. In placing the words that modify the subject, all that matters is that they decend from some point to the left of the vertical line that divides the subject and the verb. If, for example, you were diagramming "The big, red ship of iron sank," you would not be obliged to put "the", "big," and "red" in that order, or to make them appear to the left of the point at which the word "ship" begins on the base line. We don't read everything in the diagram left to right.

[mrthoth]

I'll continue a bit. So really "my" is not "before" "dreams" in the diagram I have written; the fact that "dreams" begins a little to the left of where "my" begins does not in the least imply that the phrase goes "dreams my". All that matters is that "my" descends from "dreams," and is therefore shown to modify dreams. In brief, diagrams show all the grammatical relationships in the sentence, but they often don't let you know precisely how the sentence was originally spoken or written.

[mcr255]

im still confused...........mabey its cus im blond.......hummmmmmmmmmmm

[Elizabethza]

Thanks a lot, I think your grammar lessons are very good moroover you do a great job while speaking in English, because I can understand very well the most part of the lesson.

[SwitchRich]

I'm interested to know what they target audience of these lessons is. I'm a native English speaker (British) and they are of great use for me as I plan to start teaching my Japanese friends English.

I wonder if people learning English as a second language find the oral content of these lessons more challenging than the grammar which is being explained.

[piano2drum7guitar]

what do you do when there is a conjunction in the sentance?!

[trisahuynh]

this is stupid to to learn but you did a good job:)

[proudok]

is very helpful ! Once you learned how to diagram sentences you will have no problem revising essays by yourself.

[sent7]

I agree!

[HardyBrosProductions]

This is way better than trying to understand it from a book. Thanks

[lyraluvingsdale1]

thanks so much i totally get it now my teacher wouldn't teach it to me she said it would comfuze to many other kids in my class so she said that i would have to wait till next year to learn but now i know how and i don't have to wait till next year!

[WhatsaUserName321]

this guy is making me so hot right now

PS by the way you look great through binoculars

[ashfangirl]

my brain just doesnt get prepositional phrases ugh

[ajbgatorgirl]

You should talk about commas, for people mess commas up all the time!

[tishababy93]

what i just dont get it..

my English teacher is makin do this and it has to be a 40 one word sentence that has to be due in one day....i just dont understand it.

[Rayquaza1090]

I cant believe Mrs Krys assigned us this

[etb1997]

ohkay yeahh. i didnt get thatt.

[Atheletic7]

"whhhhhhen"0:35 lol nice thanks it helps

[fumala420]

Well, that's good to know.. Very useful information. That's why I like your videos.

[GameMasterGuy]

but there is that weird vrrrr noise in the background, and that can be distracting

[dirtrail]

One of the things that I find annoying about studying grammar in depth is the varying distinctions between approaches. Nonetheless in certain situations it is more appropriate to say to someone: "I have a volkswagen" as opposed to "I have a car". The word "volkswagen" (to most) means "car" - yet it further narrows down the description and gives more information, in a similar way to using "article" instead of "adjective". However I'm not questioning your personal means mrthoth.

[fumala420]

'the' is an adjective??

[dirtrail]

That's what I thought??? "The" is a determiner, or more specifically a definate article.

[fumala420]

Yes!

[mrthoth]

Yes, in traditional grammar, "the" is an adjective. The eight parts of speech in traditional grammar are adjective, adverb, verb, preposition, pronoun, conjunction, interjection, and noun. Every word must fit into one of these categories (and "article" is not one of those categories), so "the" is an adjective. Articles are a subset of adjectives in the traditional scheme.

[Rayquaza1090]

lol

[Erniel1812l]

@mrthoth Oooooh... interesting. Thanks.

[fernandotinti]

the is the article

[SongsofInnocence]

Why don't you use X-bar structure? This method you use seems more complicated..

[rogerdogeris1]

this helps so much! i think i might pass my english test! your awsome

[im4evaurzz]

good great helped alot capitalize"The"

[m910520]

The only thing I do differently is to have my students capitalize the first word of the sentence wherever it appears in the diagram.

[eaktasoglu]

Very useful

Thanks a lot