Ah, your analysis better fits the sense I had of the construction and its relationship to the whole, though I could not puzzle it out myself. Thank you! If you wanted to send me the attachment directly, I'd sure study it. I can see I'm going to need to lay my hands on a copy of this book. Thanks for the full title. I've got most of the basics of the RK system down, I think, by ferreting out what I could from the few books that I've found that employ it. I need a book now that explores the system more thoroughly. This one certainly ought to do that. Have you any other recommendations? Lester's _Grammar and Usage in the Classroom_ is on my list, based on a list discussion some time ago, but that's the only other one I know of so far. Looks like it's time to check out ABE books again . . . Odile At 12:17 PM -0600 8/2/04, Bruce Despain wrote: ><snip> > >Odile, > >I am not sure about this, but your question seems to fit the >criteria of an adjective modification. Here is how R&K (Alonzo Reed >& Brainerd Kellogg, Higher Lessons in English: A Work on English >Grammar and Composition, In which the Science of the Language is >made tributary to the Art of Expression, New York, 1907, p. 102) >diagram most adjective clauses: >[The listserv does not accept my attached diagrams! I hope these are >not distorted too much.] > <snip> To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/