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Old 06-Nov-2008, 21:57
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Default Help me Diagram this sentence!!!! URGENT!!

"Canoe, barbecue, and banana were some of the first words borrowed from Native Americans."

I know how to do the first part.
But how would I diagram from "were......Americans."?

Urgent! HELP!!!
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Old 06-Nov-2008, 22:18
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Default Re: Help me Diagram this sentence!!!! URGENT!!

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"Canoe, barbecue, and banana were some of the first words borrowed from Native Americans."

I know how to do the first part.
But how would I diagram from "were......Americans."?

Urgent! HELP!!!
[Canoe, barbecue, and banana] the subject, noun phrase
[were] the verb, verb phrase
[some of the first words borrowed from Native Americans] the complement

borrowed : its deep structure is: which were borrowed


I am not a teacher

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