I found that relationships and Miss Vogelsang’s English class actually have very little in common (yes, we used to have to diagram sentences in those prehistoric days).
Suzyg35 beat me to it. English was my worst subject 30 years ago, but even I remember that a prepositional phrase goes on a bent line below either the subject or the predicate.
Robert, you get an A! :-)
To bring back more memories of English classes in days of yore, ‘will stay’ is a form of the intransitive verb ‘to stay.’ An intransitive verb does not take a direct object. ‘you’ is the object of the preposition ‘with.’ In this case, the prepositional phrase goes beneath the verb because it modifies the verb. Gosh, it all comes back, even to prehistoric days! Hey, Ushindi, I’m not THAT old!!
Even so, it’s a good cartoon, and it made me laugh for the right reasons.
Oh, man did I hear from English teachers on this one. I screwed up. And I even had my daughter help me before hand. I used to be pretty good at that in school, too.
edrush over 14 years ago
Hah! I love it, Dave, but do the younger readers even get taught how to diagram a sentence?
SuzyG35 over 14 years ago
Not too surprising that “this didn’t go as diagrammed,” considering that the sentence is diagrammed incorrectly!
Templo S.U.D. over 14 years ago
I may be in my 20s, but I’m with edrush on this one. What’s the diagram s’posed to say?
Ushindi over 14 years ago
I found that relationships and Miss Vogelsang’s English class actually have very little in common (yes, we used to have to diagram sentences in those prehistoric days).
bobpeters61 over 14 years ago
Suzyg35 beat me to it. English was my worst subject 30 years ago, but even I remember that a prepositional phrase goes on a bent line below either the subject or the predicate.
SuzyG35 over 14 years ago
Robert, you get an A! :-) To bring back more memories of English classes in days of yore, ‘will stay’ is a form of the intransitive verb ‘to stay.’ An intransitive verb does not take a direct object. ‘you’ is the object of the preposition ‘with.’ In this case, the prepositional phrase goes beneath the verb because it modifies the verb. Gosh, it all comes back, even to prehistoric days! Hey, Ushindi, I’m not THAT old!! Even so, it’s a good cartoon, and it made me laugh for the right reasons.
looseparts creator over 14 years ago
Oh, man did I hear from English teachers on this one. I screwed up. And I even had my daughter help me before hand. I used to be pretty good at that in school, too.