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Bashyboy Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Analyzing A Sentence
Hello all,
As a way of practicing my knowledge of grammar, I chose a sentence from the book I am currently reading A Journey To The Center Of The Earth to analyze. Here is the sentence:
"The wind was driving it directly towards that side of Snefels on which we were perched."
I figured the best way to approach this was to first classify the different clauses and phrases contained in the sentence; afterwards, I would then look at each individual part in more detail. What I am asking of you, any person, is if I am properly classifying each part of the sentence.
I supposed the main clause to be, "The wind was driving." Moving to the end of the sentence, the portion,"on which we were perched," seems to be a prepositional phrase, but I couldn't find the object of the preposition. That is as much as I could ascertain. Am I on the right track? Could someone possibly help me with the rest of the sentence
As a way of practicing my knowledge of grammar, I chose a sentence from the book I am currently reading A Journey To The Center Of The Earth to analyze. Here is the sentence:
"The wind was driving it directly towards that side of Snefels on which we were perched."
I figured the best way to approach this was to first classify the different clauses and phrases contained in the sentence; afterwards, I would then look at each individual part in more detail. What I am asking of you, any person, is if I am properly classifying each part of the sentence.
I supposed the main clause to be, "The wind was driving." Moving to the end of the sentence, the portion,"on which we were perched," seems to be a prepositional phrase, but I couldn't find the object of the preposition. That is as much as I could ascertain. Am I on the right track? Could someone possibly help me with the rest of the sentence
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The main clause is the whole sentence. 'Towards' introduces a prepositional phrase that includes another preposition phrase introduced by 'on'.
- The main clause is the whole sentence.
- 'Towards' introduces a prepositional phrase that includes another preposition phrase introduced by 'on'.
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The main clause is the whole sentence. 'Towards' introduces a prepositional phrase that includes another preposition phrase introduced by 'on'.
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