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Sentence Diagramming 2: Prepositional Phrases. English Grammar Lesson

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How to include prepositional phrases in your sentence diagram. With Yossarian the Grammarian. English grammar

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

    would the the prepositional phrase be put under the subject?

  • @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.

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

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

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

  • Yes, it would.

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  • Do you have any published on grammar? :)

    You're making AS English Language easier.

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

  • 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.

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

  • You helped me with my homework

  • Thanks so much!!!!

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

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

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