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    . . . .
A5 . .Indented paragraphs, Recognizing questions
        Punctuating Indented paragraphs, fragments, recognizing, punctuating questions
Assignment A5a A5b
   
B5 . .Editing, paragraphing, punctuating own work
        Editing, paragraphing, punctuating own work,
Assignment B5 B5b
   
C5 . . .Proofreading to correct common errors,
        Proofreading to correct common errors,
Using dictionary
Assignment C5a C5b C5c
   
D5 . . Irregular verbs in verb tenses and verb phrases
        Irregular verbs in verb tenses and verb phrases
Assignment D5
   
E5 . . Sentence analysis in real life advertisements
        Sentence analysis in real life advertisements
Assignment E5

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Grammar REFS
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Your dictionary could tell these things, but this is a running list of terms
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and definitions when first met, giving their meaning to remove all excuses.

Starting to claw back the Age of Literacy
You think I jest? Forsooth!

Updated USAGE
The 1995 text that serves as reference is recent but will be replaced within.. ....
the next year or so as we get more and more muddled. Keep current.
.... ...... ......

And so we continue
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Crash Course in Written English

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. . .. . .. . .. . .A5
. . . All About Punctuating

Punctuating Indented paragraphs, fragments,
Recognizing, punctuating questions
Assignment A5 Two choices

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. . . ..Punctuating Indented paragraphs, fragments, . . . .. . . .. . . .. recognizing, punctuating questions


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EXAMPLE A5 below

----------------------Study this selection from Chapter 2.
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------THINK: (no need to write.)
-----In the segment below, we have rejoined the story after an
-----orientation meeting where other characters have met Shawna,
-----the newest member of their staff. Only two paragraphs appear.

-----It begins with a subordinate noun clause (Noticing what? Object, )
-----"that that the meeting to introduce the new office manager was
-----over," ...what do we see about Sonya's state of mind?
-----She has had shocks and serious worry about the fate of two -----workers on staff,

-----Ending with "tentacles," we have an example of information.
-----they allow us to see the action, bit by bit, and to hear Sonya.

-----EXAMPLE [pretend the ..... spaceholders match the
-----background.] In RICH TEXT, colour the dots white to match the
-----paper and paste in. Spacebar spaces disappear in AP software.

-----.....Noticing that the meeting to introduce the new office manager
-----was over, Sonya pulled her thoughts back from the edge of fright,
-----and tucked away its tentacles. When they were filing out, and all
-----others had gone back to whatever they had been doing, she
-----said, "Shawna, I'm Sonya, and if you'll join me in the cafeteria
-----over brunch maybe I can answer any remaining questions."
-----....."Yes! Please, is there a map of this place, a floor plan?"
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-----Note, It begins with Sonya, and does not change to the next
-----paragraph until Shawna speaks. (or in some cases, does
-----something different.)

-----In a script, it is called "Business"--when a character is doing
-----something, so we can replace "he said" altogether. Note too,
-----that we have no problem knowing who speaks in that last line.
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AGAIN: Start a new paragraph when:
[1.] Change of speaker, activity, point of view.
[2.] Change of topic, time or place

There is no blank line between paragraphs.

A5a


. . ... . . . . . . . ... . . . .Assignment A5a

. . PLEASE PUNCTUATE AND ADD CAPITALS IF NEEDED.

. .Note: Sonya speaks first. Decide where it becomes
. .what Shawna sees, so what she says will be part of it.

. .yes ill get you one we can label it together it felt good to be with
. .someone so vibrantly alive they walked north past dinas desk in
. .the main lobby where she also acted as receptionist toward the
. .seminar room across from which sat shawnas new desk a nice
. .desk shawna saw a comfortable chair attractive decor a large
. .eafy plant growing under lights on the other side of a glass brick
. .wall I can get to like this office shawna remarked recalling the
. .crowded cubicle she had before prestige and position calmly
. .stated themselves even at a glance and that i presume would
. .be mr newcombs office his suite yes ah of course

., . . . . All assignments are OPEN-BOOK, where help is available
. . . . .... . . .to make the work easier. You just have to find it. m

 
--------------For help if needed, review these linked locations:

------------General info: Grefs.htm the self-test + answers (1, 2)

----1. apostrophes in possessives (Grefs1, D1; Grefs2 B2;
------------------------------------------------------------Grefs4 C4;

----2. apostrophes in contractions (Grefs1,D1; Grefs2 B2
--------------------------------------------------------Grefs4 C4;(negatives)

----3 commas-- in a list or series (Grefs1, B1; Grefs2 A2a----

---4 commas in other uses ( Grefs4, A4, C4)

----5. quotation marks (Grefs1, A1,C1; Grefs2 A2b, B2 A5b

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Assignment A5b
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PROOF-READING:


. . Please LIST examples of the following that you found
. . in the assignment above. All have been displayed
. . in earlier Grefs.

----1. apostrophes in possessives
----2. apostrophes in contractions
----3. commas in a series (if any)
----4. commas in other uses
----5. quotation marks -

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B5

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B5All About Editing
Editing, paragraphing, The Use of the Dash

in punctuating own work, "Reporting Verbs"
Assignment A5, Two choices

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. ..... Editing, paragraphing, punctuating own work

EDITING: No matter who we are, we should be aware that typos--
typographical errors--happen. Double-checking pays!


REFERENCE, in section 482 of Swan's Practical English Usage,
over several pages, valuable information about
"reporting verbs" (such as said, asked, replied, suggested...) which, if there is possible doubt, can add meaning and clarity to a selection. As
you read novels be aware of this, and in your own writing use them ro add authenticity.

PUNCTUATION, Note also, use of the dash (used when speaker is interrupted or hesitating.) A dash is made by two hyphens together.

-----There was noise in the hallway but two salespersons of formidable seniority in the company sat unaware at the corner table on their coffee break, solving all the problems of their firm. They obviously were not pleased and did not notice the intern shuffling foot to foot trying to get their attention. "....and there she was flouncing past the door!"
-----At last he dared raise his voice, "Excuse me--"
-----"....and so I told her in no uncertain term--"
-----"Excuse me--"
-----"Terms!" The scorching glance was designed to put him in his place. How dared he? ". . . that what the boss said is law!"
-----As the noise level rose, there was new urgency in his words, "Excuse me--"
-----"We cannot st--"
-----"Can't you see we are--!"
-----"ON FIRE!"


 ---------  ----ASSIGNMENT B5a, PARAGRAPHING

 ---..... Please add at least one "REPORTING VERB" to
 ---show where her companion first speaks, as you edit into
 ---INDENTED PARAGRAPHS. Punctuation is provided to.help.  ---PASTE ( ..... ) to hold the indentations.

 ---This-story is set in 1980; "electronics" were not widely known.

"I wish you could have met Nellie Wheating," Sonya said, smiling. "She's the reason this company grew at all, and still is a dear friend." "She would be a director?" "No, she's a senior citizen now, long retired. She is as much the reason for our existence as she ever was." "What did she do?" "Besides being a real inspiration, she invented very advanced products." "I don't understand." "...Things that made us the first company to apply ideas in electronics--" "Like remote control?" "Yes, and hidden things using miniaturization, before anyone else knew how."
"I would love to meet her." "You soon may. Let's find a table in the cafeteria!"
.  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---Please proofread any changes.



----------------------------PUZZLE-ASSIGNMENT B5b

.......At least read this segment, please. Take it bit by bit.

.......From your work in Assignment A3, copy-paste one example
.......of each, or invent one of your own using the data as examples.

.......1. a phrase: Clue: no verb, Preposition + object
.......Either an (adjective phrase) or /adverb phrase/ accepted.

.......2. /an adverb clause/: Clue, ask "when? how? where? or why?"
.......The phrase has a verb

.......3. an (adjective clause): Clue, ask "what kind?" The phrase has a verb
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.......4. [[a noun clause]]: Clue: ask "what?" or "whom?" object of a \verb\.

.......5. __a noun clause__: Clue: ask "what?" or "who?" subject of a verb.

.......6. A participle modifying a noun. Clue: acts like an (adjective) .......describing a noun, \verb\ form ends in 'ing'.
 
 

C5


C5

.........All About PROOFREADING FOR TYPOS

......... A summary of the Parts of Speech and what they DO
......... ......... ......... Verbs turn Phrases into Clauses
......... ......... .....So what is a phrase? What's a clause?
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t, review?


GOOD PROOF-READING is a serious thing. It is SO easy to
miss errors! The most common is when you are sure it is right. It is the way you have *always* written it! That's how it was taught in school because the teacher spells it like that too. I was caught like that just last week with "laureat", and was called on it. On checking the dictionary, I was shocked to see I was wrong!

Check your dictionary!

Then there is the eyesight factor. Does the comma look like a period? Does it need an apostrophe or not?
Many words sound alike but their spelling is different--which is which? Is it two words, or is there a hyphen to join them-- or is it really a longer word?

C5A

   

  --------------- --- ---ASSIGNMENT C5a

---Please PROOF-READ and correct these sentences. ---TYPOS ARE SO SNEAKY! (dictionaries help) (Caution: ---some things are correct already.)

---Copy-paste and change to save time:

---1. Thats alot of work.

---2. I dont agree with what your saying.

---3. You just got to see his work!

---4. As we walk, the water lays in puddles on the street.

---5. We wander who's boots are in the hall.

---6. He laid perfectly still till the robbers left.

---7. Investigators were pouring over the books.

---8. Whats the amount of people there.

---9. "Here ye, here ye, take shelter!" called the Town Crier.

---10. After the struggle he will lay down and rest.
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toolbox1

THE TOOLBOX Part 1

A summary of the Parts of Speech and what they DO

CODE CHARTS


A SUMMARY OF FACTS ABOUT NOUNS

1. Subject of a verb- - - - - boy laughed.

2.
Object of a verb- - - - - - he delivered newspapers

3.
Object of a preposition :
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - in a phrase- - - - - in schoo
l- - -where?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - in a phrase- - - - - without books- - - how?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - in a phrase- - - - - after work- - - when?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - in a phrase- - - - - as a reward- - - why?

4. Two nouns in apposition, meaning the same, can be
- - - subjects - - - - - - - - -- - -her mother, a nurse, helped...

- - -or objects of a verb- - - she helped Sarah, my neighbour.

- - -or objects of a preposition- - - into a cave, a safe shelter.

5.
Proper nouns are special names of persons,
- - - - -places, or things - - - - -Julius Caesar, Athens, M.D.

Common nouns, everything else- - - bread, thunder, friend.
It includes
abstract concepts,- - -loyalty, truth, faith, evil.

6.
Nouns are modified by adjectives: ripe, sweet, slow. . . .
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -fresh, fresher, freshest
- - - - - - - - - - -interesting, more interesting, most interesting

Nouns are modified by adjective phrases,
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "grapes of wrath" "commander in chief"

Nouns are modified by adjective clauses,
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The pioneers who settled in the valley
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -The cash that is locked in the safe.



A SUMMARY OF FACTS ABOUT VERBS

1. Intransitive verb has no object: - - - - - - - - - - boy laughed

2.
Transitive verb has an object he delivered newspapers

3.
Copula verb joins the subject and an adjective describing - - - - - - - - - - - - - -the subject - - - - - - - - - -the boy is tall

- - Copula verb joins the subject and a noun the same
- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -as the subject - - - - - -the girl is his sister.


4,
- Verbs have TENSES, - - - - - - - - - - present, past, future
- - Each of these have forms- - - - progressive, conditional

- - - - - - - - - - - - - They are listed in full in section D.

5. Depending on word order, verbs
are
active ----------------------------------The team won the game
or
Passive ----------------------------------the game was won by the ...

6. Meaning of verb is
indicative ---------- It was a fact!
If contrary to fact,
subjunctive -------- If only it were so!

7. Verbs are modified by adverbs ---- fast, slowly, remarkably

Verbs are modified by adverb phrases,
------- phrase
ran through town, where?
------- phrase ran
without pausing, how?
------- phrase ran
on weekends, when?
------- phrase ran
for exercise , why?

Verbs are modified by adverb clauses,
------------ She sang
while she worked
------------ he worked
until he had it right.
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THE TOOLBOX
Part 2
A summary of the Parts of Speech and what they DO

Verbs turn Phrases into Clauses

.......Briefly, (among other things,) verbs are the action words that can .......change a phrase into a clause.
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.......1. The PHRASE, "into the room," becomes a CLAUSE when we .......add the verb walk:

......."Walk into the room." A command, (Imperative) that stands alone and .......thus is a principal clause. The subject "You" is understood, and the verb ......."walk" is modified by the adverb phrase /into the room/ answering ......."where."

......."subordinating conjunction" and "relative pronoun" in a noun ........clause... Those are clear if you see them used.
.......All conjunctions join. Check elsewhere in the website for this one:

.......2. Given that, add a subordinating conjunction like "when, if, while, ........or.as," it becomes "after he walked into the room," a subordinate ........adverb.clause modifying the verb "walked" answering when? ........(how? where? or why?)"

.......3. With a subordinating conjunction like "which" it becomes ........"which walked into the room" a subordinate adjective clause for ........Cat. (The cat (which walked), ...not the one asleep in the chair.)

......."Who" is a 'relative' pronoun; it is what it does. It relates. With a .......relative pronoun like "who" it is "The boy (who walked into the ........room,)" a.subordinate adjective clause, modifying the subject, a ........noun or pronoun,.boy. (i.e. not the other in the hall.)
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.......Just to confuse us, "who" can also be a subject, as in the question, ........"_Who_ walked into the room?" In that one 'who' is a subject ........pronoun. "What happened" is the same. "It is what it does."

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.......4. As a relative pronoun like "who, whoever, what or whom"
.......if used with a transitive verb (a verb that takes a direct object).
bec
becomes object of the verb in the noun clause......

.......Take the sentence:
......._What we are looking at_ is a need to understand our language.
.......Subject of the verb is the noun clause "What we are looking at"


....... Suggestion: Read the above several times until it makes sense.
........(If ever, you mutter?)


 ---------  ---------  --------- ASSIGNMENT C5b
.......Invent your own examples for 1, 2, 3, and 4 to show it DOES make .......sense! In each case, give the part it plays in its sentence.
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...........................................REVIEW
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.......Note: Participles end in "ing," (verb-adjectives.) That is, the verb
.......'to run' becomes an (adjective) when 'ing' is added,
running as in ......."Running water." Reminder: adjectives modify nouns and pronouns: ......."sleeping man," "waiting room," "flying sparks," "shining silver,"
......."nesting birds."
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.......Adverbs modify verbs, other adverbs, and adjectives. Very, too, .......quite, politely, unusually, and well are all adverbs answering "how?" ..... .like.this: "very tall," "too fast," "Quite politely," "unusually well"
......("very often" they end in "ly").
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.......Nouns and pronouns are subject of a verb, or [[object]] of a verb .......or in phrases, object of a preposition, such as "to him," "with us, ......."under the table," "after school."


----------------------------PUZZLE-ASSIGNMENT C5c

.......At least read this segment, please. Take it bit by bit.

.......From your work in Assignment A5 or B5 copy-paste one .......example of each, or invent your own.

.......1. a phrase: Clue: no verb, Preposition + object
.......Either an (adjective phrase) or /adverb phrase/ accepted.

.......2. /an adverb clause/: Clue, ask "when? how? where? or why?"
.......The phrase has a verb

.......3. an (adjective clause): Clue, ask "what kind?" The phrase has a verb
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.......4. [[a noun clause]]: Clue: ask "what?" or "whom?" object of a \verb\.

.......5. __a noun clause__: Clue: ask "what?" or "who?" subject of a verb.

.......6. A participle modifying a noun. Clue: acts like an (adjective) .......describing a noun, \verb\ form ends in 'ing'.
 
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D5

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D5All About IRREGULAR VERBS

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. . . . .Irregular verbs in verb tenses and verb phrases. . . .

Anyone who has studied a "foreign language" has studied the declensions of irregular verbs. Je vois, j'ai vu, je verrai... without being aware we have irregular verbs in English too.
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Section 300 in Swan has four pages of "common irregular verbs." in ALPHABETICAL ORDER, making them easy to find. Much of our remaining four weeks will be spent digging through these four pages.

Will I type out all those pages? COPYRIGHT WILL NOT PERMIT
Buy the book! Ask your public library if they have it. Any good dictionary will fill in the gaps. In fact, any grammar text will have most of them.

. . . . . . .Any verb will have three main parts.
We get our TENSES (TIME: present, simple past, compound past, future, and conditional) from these three main parts.
the Infinitive - - to want, gives us the present tense, I want NOW.
It is also used for
future forms. I will want to go later.
Simple past - -
wanted, gives us even a few minutes ago. I wanted.
but at any specific time in the past
At age six I wanted a horse!
Past Participle
has wanted and a wide variety of compound
forms with many
past and future meanings.
I have often wanted. I had wanted but not anymore.
I would have wanted
but can't.
I might have wanted it but have changed my mind....


. . . . . . . . . . . . First, REGULAR verbs

1. the Infinitive - - Simple past - -Past Participle
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to want - - - -wanted - - - (has) wanted

to play - - - - played- - - - (has) played
to learn - - - . learned - - - (has) learned
Most (almost all) verbs are regular.


What is the difference in meaning between I wanted and I have wanted? How do you make it into a future? (See above)

. . . . . . . . Next, IRREGULAR verbs

2. Similar Irregulars (All of these have "o" in the simple past.)

. . . .(Swan displays alphabetically.).

the Infinitive - - Simple past - -Past Participle


to arise - - - - arose - - - - - (has) arisen
to awake- - - -awoke - - - - (has) awoken
to break - - - - broke- - - - - (has) broken
to choose - - -chose- - - - - (has) chosen
to drive - - - - -drove- - - - - -(has) driven
to forget - - - - forgot - - - - - (has) forgotten
to freeze - - - - froze - - - - - -(has) frozen
to ride - - - - - -rode - - - - - - (has) ridden
to shake - - - - shook - - - - -(has) shaken
to speak - - - - spoke - - - - -(has) spoken

to steal - - - - - stole - - - - - -(has) stolen
to wake - - - - -woke - - - - - (has) woken (also awakened)
to write - - - - - wrote- - - - - -(has) written
to take - - - - - -took - - - - - - (has) taken

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3 All have irregular past but share the ..en ending of the p.p.

to be - - - - was, were- - - (has) been
to see - - - -saw- - - - - - - (has) seen
to bite - - - -bit- - - - - - - - -(has) bitten
to eat - - - - ate- - - - - - - - (has) eaten
to beat - - - beat - - - - - - -(has) beaten
to fall - - - - -fell- - - - - - - - (has) fallen

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4. And my pet set: Probably the most common mistakes.
a. lie, lied, lied, - b. lie, lay,-lain c.-lay, laid, laid -li

a. lie, lied, lied, to lie (untruths)-lied (untruths)- (has) lied
Present (now) I lie, you lie, he lies, we lie, you all lie, they lie.
Past, (once) I lied, you lied, he lied, we lied, you lied, they lied
Past (compound form) I had lied, you had lied, he had lied,
we had lied, you had lied, they had lied

Also I
have lied, you have lied, he has lied, we have lied
they
have lied

b. lie, lay,-lain (intransitive)
Present (now) to lie (down) (now) When I sleep, I lie on a bed.
Past,
(once) -lay (down yesterday) Tired, I lay there for a hour.
Past before now.
The dog had lain there every day.
- -(has)lain (down) repeatedly.

c. And most important of all, (transitive) lay, laid, laid
to
lay (eggs)- -laid (bricks)- - (has) laid (books on the table)

(In section 309, Swan has nothing about another popular use of one of them.)

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Review: Check out the references from last week.
"I don't know" has a verb phrase, Subject, "I",
"do know," verb phrase.
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"not" is an adverb and not a part of the verb.
The auxiliary part (do) and principal part (know) show that the action is or has been going on.

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EXAMPLES TO HELP YOU DO D5

1. To write well is a privilege. (Infinitive as part of noun clause.

2. He wrote that song. (
Simple Past tense)
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3. They have written several poems. (
Repeated, with Past Participle)
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4. She writes every day (Simple
Present tense.)
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5. We will write many more. (With verb phrase,
Future tense ) .

6. Birds
lay eggs, they laid them yesterday, birds have always laid eggs.
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 . . . . ...All assignments are OPEN-BOOK,
where help is available to make the work easier.
 . . . . ... . . . . ..You just have to find it. m

--------------------ASSIGNMENT D5
IRREGULAR VERBS: Please do all three parts.


....1. Use two of the first verbs (want, play, learn) as questions..

....2. From any five of the examples (not 5 from each) in 2 ....copy-paste and write a sentence showing the following:

....(Please number them)

....2a, an infinitive as part of a noun clause (subject or object.
....For instance, Tell me who..... )
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....2b, Simple past
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....2c, Yesterday with past participle
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....2d, Simple present tense
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....2e, Future with verb phrase.
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....3. Using the confusing set of three verbs, lie, lay and lie,
....in the same tense as asked, give sentence-answers:

....3a, What is the best thing to do when you feel sick?
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....3b, Why was the defendant in contempt of court?
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....3c. What task will the construction worker do every day?
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Our website: Temporary announcement http://www.mattaweb.ca/web2006/Grefs5.htm
is being changed for review purposes.
PLEASE IGNORE part E in the website, in 5, 6, 7, and 8 until time permits updating, and further notice!

When it has been cleared,

Copy-paste to save time.

Sentence analysis: in commands, statements, and questions with verb phrases. (Keep phrases and subordinate clauses intact.)
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Reminder, in commands the bare subject is understood to be "you..."
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Hints: In advertising and headlines, words are often omitted. If words are missing, you may add them--or not.
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This assignment includes indirect objects this time, because we use them so much. Refer to the chart of codes for Graphic Analysis in an earlier week, adding the new #indirect object# to the set.

Example:
Dad gave us the car for the afternoon.
It means, Dad gave the car #to us# for the afternoon.
We leave out 'to' Graphically analysed they look like this:

Dad \\gave\\ #us# what? [(the)car] //for the afternoon//.

\\Did\\ __he__ \\report\\ [(the damaged) mailbox]?
did report what?

//If there is danger// __he__ \\will be\\ //there.//
When abverb clause

\\Give\\ #them# [credit] //for courage (in a time of need.)// Why? Which?

There is help in the examples above.

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E5

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Copy / paste
to save time and to clarify:



__ Subject __ .

\\ verb\\ . .

( word ) Adjective or Article ( the, a )(. . .
// word // Adverb .
[[ word ]] Object of verb
#
word # Indirect object
.< word > Conjunction
{( adjective )} subjective complement
also called subjective completion.
{[ noun ]} same as subject

Notice: the Subjective-Comp CODE
must be updated if it differs from this.

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Sentence analysis in real life advertisements. . .


This will be the first time that all parts of the exercise that follows will be taken from actual written material around us.

Level 5 begins to get into the meat of the topic that has had bare bones presented before this. A rich source of satisfaction for
those who complete it, we have here a source of strength that comes from increasing understanding of the mechanics of our language: "what makes it tick."

Yes of course it will have its challenge!
Students still learning English as a second language will always
be welcome to join us again later, when there is better chance of success.

We have led to it with the toolboxes you have already seen, and with introductory items
dating back to Parts 2 and 3. Please use the menu at the head of this Gref to find what may be needed now,
to cope with what will become a major part (E) of this and future
progress.
By the end of level 8, students will be equipped
to succeed at advanced levels.


At least, that is our goal.
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To get you started:
.......Some help: this is the real world after all! These might confuse.

Using the codes :
...(Shivering,) _I_ \\sat\\ //in the car// \\thinking\\ [What?] OBJECT: [[that the farmhouse must have been miles away.]]

Shivering describes the subject, "I"

.......I \\ sat... thinking \\. Thinking could be two things: a participle: (a verbal-adjective,) .or just a progressive form of the verb to think, giving a "sat-and-thought" verb=predicate for the subject

......."It seemed hours" has an omitted, "like..." "It seemed like hours" HOW?
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.......If you have difficulty, feedback will have a lot of help. Eventually you will be able to analyze everything you read. -- A lost art!

.......-----Some may rightly ask "why?"
.......In your own writing, both in prose and in poetry, it will add variety, and help to avoid errors.
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Attention! What it does in a sentence: Being updated.

__Subject__ noun, pronoun, noun clause

(describes subject) adjective, adjective phrase, adjective clause,
. . . . . . . . . . . . Sometimes a noun that is the same as the subject

\\ bare predicate.\\..verb or verb phrase

//describes the verb or verb phrase// adverb, adverb phrase, clause
. . . . . . . . . . . . answering how, when, where, why?

[[Object of a verb ]] a noun, pronoun, or noun clause --hit what? .

I# Indirect Object # a noun or pronoun usually after a verb, like "her" . . . . . . . . in "Give #her# the book. " It means "Give the book to her..

< joining two nouns, verbs, clauses,\> conjunction < and >
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . < but > < or > . . . . . .


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Copy / paste
to save time and to clarify:



__ Subject __ .

\\ verb\\ . .

( word ) Adjective or Article ( the, a )(. . .
// word // Adverb .
[[ word ]] Object of verb
#
word # Indirect object
.< word > Conjunction
{( adjective )} subjective complement
also called subjective completion.
{[ noun ]} same as subject

Notice:
the Subjective-Comp CODE
must be updated if it differs from this.

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----Assignment E5, GRAPHIC ANALYSIS


From Real Life:
All examples are from a 2005 Shoppers Drug Mart "The HOLIDAY BOOK." (Please note, no apostrophe on the trade name, SHOPPERS )

OPEN ANY CONTRACTIONS: I'm = I am
Phrases and subordinate clauses are left intact-- that is,
do not take them apart, treat each phrase as if it is a word.
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1. Give someone you love the best treatment.
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2. We're ready for your best shot.
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3. Know someone who'd like their tunes to go?
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4. Celebrate the season in style!
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5. When there's a scoop, you get it first.
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6. Passion is always in style.
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7. Introduce her to Fantasy by Britney Spears.

Copy-paste all of them. Your best five will count.
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Copyright Terry Gibson, Updated May 2007