how do i diagram this sentence

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My father's overalls and farm shirt are hanging behind the barn door and dripping on the horse's mane
 

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My father's overalls and farm shirt are hanging behind the barn door and dripping on the horse's mane

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You forgot to capitalize "My", the "are" you could put before the simple predicate splits and that way not have to have an understood "are", and I would suggest that you use parentheses only for appositives.
Still, as ever, you do good work. Nice to be diagramming an easy sentence!
 

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You forgot to capitalize "My", the "are" you could put before the simple predicate splits and that way not have to have an understood "are", and I would suggest that you use parentheses only for appositives.
Still, as ever, you do good work. Nice to be diagramming an easy sentence!

I used the parentheses and not X's because I wanted to make sure the OP understood the missing words. In a competition, I would not be seen dead ill-using parentheses. 'My' is okay. REgarding 'are', in my view, this is a matter of taste. Thanks for the comments, Frank
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You know, I think I realized that about your parentheses, you courteous fellow.
The "are" however is not a matter of taste. It is a mistake. It governs both main verbs and does not need to be repeated.
 

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You know, I think I knew that about your parentheses because you are such a courteous fellow.

The "are", however, is a mistake. It governs both main verbs and does not need to be repeated.

(I thought I posted this once already, but I will try again.)
 

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My father's overalls and farm shirt are hanging behind the barn door and are dripping on the horse's mane. :tick:

The second 'are' may be ellipted.

QED:cool:
 
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