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Mike1stice Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Diagram

I usually go swimming with my best friend and his rather unusual girlfriend.
a) I - Subject
b) usually - adverb
c) go - verb
d) swimming - Direct Object
e) with - Preposition
f) my - Possessive Article and beginning of adverbial clause ...best friend shows possession
g) best - Superlative
h) friend - Noun
i) and - Conjunction
j) his - Personal Pronoun
k) rather - Adverb, beginning of the adverbial clause "unusual girlfriend"
l) unusual - Adjective, modifying girlfriend
m) girlfriend - Noun

Do I have this bit of grammar correct?
  

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I usually go swimming with my best friend and his rather unusual girlfriend. Well, I don't think "to go" takes a direct object. I suppose you should be consistent with your labels.

  • I usually go swimming with my best friend and his rather unusual girlfriend.
  • Well, I don't think "to go" takes a direct object.
  • I suppose you should be consistent with your labels.
  • " Since your title is "Diagram," I think you should go a little farther in the direction of function.
  • " John walks faster than Ed" is a case of a compartive adverb, right?
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I usually go swimming with my best friend and his rather unusual girlfriend.

Well, I don't think "to go" takes a direct object.

I suppose you should be consistent with your labels. In some cases you use "parts of speech" and in others you use "functions."

Since your title is "Diagram," I think you should go a litt

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