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"Kathleen M. Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 3 Aug 2004 09:53:07 -0700
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I am not sure about this, because I don't use R-K diagrams often, but
would not "For example" usually a sentence-level modifier?  And isn't
an inability to distinguish sentence-level modifiers a real
limitation of the R-K system?

KMW

>I considered that, but it just shifted the question for me.  How
>would you represent "for example" and the examples that follow it on
>a Reed-Kellog diagram?  I wasn't sure how to set it up and where to
>attach it.
>
>
>Odile
>
>
>At 4:52 PM -0500 8/2/04, Kurt Steinbach wrote:
>>"Such as" is often used to replace the phrase, "For example, " in
>>sentences and clauses.
>>
>>Odile Sullivan-Tarazi 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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