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Post by Carolyn on Sept 1, 2004 11:49:57 GMT -5
This sentence fragment came up to diagram today, and the 'full' threw me. I know full is an adjective modifying pitcher, and that 'of filberts' modifies 'full.' But how does it get diagrammed? With 'full' on a diagonal line, and 'of' on a diagonal off of that? Or do I treat it as 'which was full of filberts' and treat full as the predicate adjective of a relative clause? (which | was) = full Carolyn (complete sentence: The boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts.)
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Post by Lene Mahler Jaqua on Sept 1, 2004 14:37:00 GMT -5
Full goes on a diagonal line off pitcher, as you would have it.
Full of what? Filberts... so "of" goes off at a diagonal off the diagonal that holds "full", and "filberts" goes on a horizontal line, as nouns should.
That is how I would do it.
Lene
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Post by Carolyn in MN on Sept 2, 2004 21:11:43 GMT -5
Thanks. I guess I shall just have to get used to those diagonals off of diagonals. Those 22.5 degree angles just don't seem proper! Carolyn
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