Doesn't the "for" have the same effect here that "therefore" would have? Does that not make the sentence one that cannot stand alone? tj On Sunday 03/20/2011 at 8:26 am, Robert Yates wrote: > Colleagues, > > Would you consider the sentence that the students diagrammed an > appropriate independent sentence? > > In other words, is the "for" just a coordinating conjunction beginning > the entire string or is it a subordinating conjunction? > > Bob Yates > >> >>> >>>> >>>> Scott Catledge <[log in to unmask]> 03/19/11 8:26 PM >>> > In a final examination for Senior English grammar in a religious > preparatory > academy all students who passed the course were able to diagram the > following sentence accurately for the purely grammatical section of > the > examination: > > "For I know Whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to > keep > that which I have committed > unto Him against that day." > > The students also wrote a final argumentive paper in class on a topic > assigned in class that day was graded for grammar, word choice, > sentence > structure, spelling, and critical reasoning. > Scott Catledge > > -----Original Message----- > From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ATEG automatic digest > system > Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 12:01 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: ATEG Digest - 12 Mar 2011 to 18 Mar 2011 (#2011-64) > > There is 1 message totalling 41 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Diagram Posters > > 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/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:09:29 -0400 > From: MARTHA KOLLN <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Diagram Posters > > --=-ufl8Xknq4w89OaTrkYLs > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I want to let you know that you'll find both of my diagrammed > posters--The > Bill > of Rights and The Gettysburg Address--at my new website: > http://www.KollnGraphics.com > > Martha > > > > 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/ > > --=-ufl8Xknq4w89OaTrkYLs > Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 > > <div>I want to let you know that you'll find both of my diagrammed > posters--The > Bill of Rights and The Gettysburg Address--at my new > website:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" > style="white-space:pre"> > </span>http://www.KollnGraphics.com<br><br>Martha <br><br><br></div> > 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" > <p> > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > --=-ufl8Xknq4w89OaTrkYLs-- > > ------------------------------ > > End of ATEG Digest - 12 Mar 2011 to 18 Mar 2011 (#2011-64) > ********************************************************** > > 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/ > > 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/ 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/