“cowering in the shower of his girlfriends Staten Island home Wednesday afternoon in connection with the shooting”
OK I’ll be a grammar Nazi too. Diagram the above sentence.
The actual sentence is:
>>Police collared suspect Darren Brown, 27, cowering in the shower of his girlfriends Staten Island home Wednesday afternoon in connection with the shooting. <<
Police___|__collared__|_____Darren____Brown_____
. . . . . . . . \in connection. . . . \ suspect \ 27_\ _cowering_
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \_with shooting_. . . . . . . .\ in shower
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \of girlfriend
(hope my formatting holds)
I haven’t diagrammed a sentence since last I was forced to by Sister Mary Moses of the Burning Bush All Lit Up.
When I erred in this task, I was sent to meet with the Principal, Sister Immaculata of the Holy Tree of Jerusalem.
The following week, we attended St. Alphonzo’s Pancake Breakfast.
Ahhh..... the memories.