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Diagramming Sentences
Sep
16
2010
I never had to diagram sentences for school.
I think it’s something I would have liked, so I’m giving it a shot now. These might not be done correctly, so let me know if I got any wrong.
I sentence you to a fine of $10,000.
I sentence you to one year in rehab.
But that doesn’t look right, because the punishment is rehab, not a year. Let me change it so that the object is rehab, like it should be.
But that doesn’t look right either. Because what’s the difference between that and this one?
I sentence you to rehab in one year
The sentence diagrams look the same, but the meaning is significantly different. The solution, of course, is to change the wording to I sentence you to rehab for one year.
Next…
I sentence you to life in prison with no chance of parole.
That has the same problem as the last one. Let’s try the same change:
I sentence you to prison for life with no chance of parole.
But I want to write it the original way and diagram it correctly so that the sentence is prison instead of life.
Oh well.
Now, just for fun, I will diagram a verdict instead of a sentence.
We find the defendant not guilty on all counts.
Diagramming sentences, diagramming verdicts, what else is there? Diagramming plea bargains? diagramming charges?
Ok, I’ll stop there.
and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him.
Acts 25:15
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September 16th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Hmmmmmm, I have no clue. We are only doing 2nd grade work here.
September 17th, 2010 at 8:08 am
I had to diagram sentences in 6th grade. You were 3 years behind me. So they stopped making kids do that some time between you and me??
September 17th, 2010 at 10:42 am
For fun, you could try diagramming some of the Apostle Paul’s sentences. Good times.
September 17th, 2010 at 4:22 pm
I diagrammed sentences in high school. Did you not take English with Terpstra?!?
September 17th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
I remember much from Terpstra (“Irony is a situation or event in which …”, “Listen to the old-timer at Sulphur Creek”, etc.) but I don’t remember ever having diagrammed a sentence.
Charity, you have a 6th grader – do they diagram sentences in his school?
September 19th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Um, I have a 7th grader. And no, I don’t think he has done sentence diagramming. Math has changed too. I have a hard time helping him.
September 19th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Seventh grade? Where has the time gone?
I think I meant “you had a 6th grader” …
September 20th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Math has changed? Of course it has — now 2+2=whatever makes you feel best about yourself.