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To: freedumb2003
He will need it to properly articulate and diagram “do you want fries with that?”

It has been a while since I taught the children diagramming. Does the prepositional phrase “with that” go under “fries” or is in an adverbial phrase and goes under “do want?”

75 posted on 05/24/2009 5:33:32 PM PDT by Chickensoup ("Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.")
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To: Chickensoup

>>It has been a while since I taught the children diagramming. Does the prepositional phrase “with that” go under “fries” or is in an adverbial phrase and goes under “do want?”<<

Well, it wasn’t a proper sentence. The proper sentence would be: “Would you like to order fries along with your hamburger?” (I think).

But I couldn’t diagram it with a gun to my head :)


76 posted on 05/24/2009 5:38:29 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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