Would it be diagrammed thus?: "am" is the verb, "delighted" is the predicate adjective, and "to have met" an adverbial attached to "delighted" (answering "why" or "how")?  

Is diagramming passe here? I'm new to the list.



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>>> "Brad Johnston" <[log in to unmask]> 07/22/10 8:01 PM >>>
I might say, "I was delighted to meet your parents yesterday".

Or I might say, "I am delighted to have met your parents yesterday".

What is the verb in the second sentence? What is, "am delighted to have met"?

Or should I not use the form, even though the delight carries into the present?

.thanks.brad.22july10.

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I know I should not say, "I was delighted to have met your parents yesterday", 
even though linguists sometimes hear it on the streets.




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