Mac Flecknoe
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I am new to the forum, so I apologize if this thread is in the wrong place. By May, I should have a BA in English and I am currently awaiting word on various MFA Screenwriting programs that I have applied to. Before I leave my undergraduate career, I wanted to solidify my grasp on the English Language.
Please examine my analysis and grammar of the following sentence and inform me of any mistakes that I may have made.
(Pardon the hokey nature of the following sentences)
[FONT="]Jake accepts the job of homeschooling Robert Jacobs, the sixteen years old whom has been expelled from his previous school.[/FONT]
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE + PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE + APPOSITIVE + DEPENDENT CLAUSE + PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE = Complex Sentence
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE = [FONT="]Jake accepts the job [/FONT]
[FONT="]Jake[/FONT][FONT="] = SUBJECT[/FONT][FONT="]
accepts[/FONT][FONT="]=PREDICATE
the=DEFINITE ARTICLE
[/FONT][FONT="]job=[/FONT][FONT="]DIRECT OBJECT[/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT][FONT="]PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE[/FONT][FONT="] = [/FONT][FONT="]of homeschooling Robert Jacobs
of = Preposition
homeschooling=Gerund
Robert Jacobs=Proper Noun
[/FONT][FONT="]
APPOSITIVE[/FONT][FONT="] = [/FONT][FONT="]the sixteen year old[/FONT]
the=Definite Article
sixteeen=Adjective
years =Noun
old = Adjective
[FONT="]DEPENDENT CLAUSE=[/FONT][FONT="]whom has been expelled [/FONT]
[FONT="] whom[/FONT][FONT="]=RELATIVE PRONOUN[/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT][FONT="]has been = Auxiliary Verbs
expelled = Predicate
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE= [/FONT][FONT="]from his previous school.[/FONT][FONT="]
from = Preposition
his = Pronoun
previous = Adjective
school.[/FONT][FONT="]= Noun
[/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT]
Please examine my analysis and grammar of the following sentence and inform me of any mistakes that I may have made.
(Pardon the hokey nature of the following sentences)
[FONT="]Jake accepts the job of homeschooling Robert Jacobs, the sixteen years old whom has been expelled from his previous school.[/FONT]
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE + PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE + APPOSITIVE + DEPENDENT CLAUSE + PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE = Complex Sentence
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE = [FONT="]Jake accepts the job [/FONT]
[FONT="]Jake[/FONT][FONT="] = SUBJECT[/FONT][FONT="]
accepts[/FONT][FONT="]=PREDICATE
the=DEFINITE ARTICLE
[/FONT][FONT="]job=[/FONT][FONT="]DIRECT OBJECT[/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT][FONT="]PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE[/FONT][FONT="] = [/FONT][FONT="]of homeschooling Robert Jacobs
of = Preposition
homeschooling=Gerund
Robert Jacobs=Proper Noun
[/FONT][FONT="]
APPOSITIVE[/FONT][FONT="] = [/FONT][FONT="]the sixteen year old[/FONT]
the=Definite Article
sixteeen=Adjective
years =Noun
old = Adjective
[FONT="]DEPENDENT CLAUSE=[/FONT][FONT="]whom has been expelled [/FONT]
[FONT="] whom[/FONT][FONT="]=RELATIVE PRONOUN[/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT][FONT="]has been = Auxiliary Verbs
expelled = Predicate
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE= [/FONT][FONT="]from his previous school.[/FONT][FONT="]
from = Preposition
his = Pronoun
previous = Adjective
school.[/FONT][FONT="]= Noun
[/FONT][FONT="]
[/FONT]