jcline
Sep 27, 2011, 02:36 PM
How do you diagram this sentence:
Government by the people is foundation of democracy.
Wondergirl
Sep 27, 2011, 03:34 PM
I can't do the visual here. How about if I give you parts of speech?
Government = subject
by the people = prepositional phrase (do you know how to diagram that off the subject?)
is = verb
foundation = predicate nominative, i.e. predicate noun
of democracy = prepositional phrase off "foundation"
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Check this for the visuals of diagramming --
Diagramming Sentences Index (http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/diagramming-sentences.html)