Diagramming "90% off."

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Would you kindly diagram this sentence:


I bought the book for 90% off the regular price.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH
 

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Thank you SO much for the great diagram.

I was wondering: Could I also put the adjective "ninety"

under the horizontal line that has the word "percent"?

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yes, that is what I would do if they were words.
 

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Thanks for your diagram and reminding me that it

should be off of. Diagrams are so helpful. We are

shortchanging our students in not teaching R-K.
 

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I think "off of" could be considered a phrasal preposition to simplify the diagram.

Corum, what do you think about my chart?
 
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