--- Odile Sullivan-Tarazi <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I will probably kick myself in the morning, but
> somehow tonight I can
> not seem to think.  How does the phrase "such as,"
> used to introduce
> a list of examples, function in the sentence?  How
> would it be
> diagrammed?
>
> If anyone could enlighten me, I'd be ever so
> grateful.
>
> Thanks . . .
>
> Odile
>
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According to Celce-Murcia and Larsen-Freeman in _The
Grammar Book_, " 'Such as' is best presented as a
prepositional construction: in normal use, it is most
often followed by a noun, not by a full clause" (527).

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