R-K, please

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TheParser

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Would you kindly Reed-Kellogg:

"He treats everyone like adults."

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Diagram
* [Clause]
o ::subject
He (pronoun)
o ::verb
treats (verb + trd_person_singular_s + transitive_verb)
+ ::adverbModifier [PrepositionalPhrase]
# ::preposition
like (preposition)
# ::determiner
adults (noun + plural)
 

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I think you could say that "like" should be "as" in standard English -- "as" being a subordinating conjunction as well as a preposition and "like" being only a preposition.

But I prefer to describe rather than prescribe.

On this computer I don't have the program to R-K it, but I will later.
 

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I think you could say that "like" should be "as" in standard English -- "as" being a subordinating conjunction as well as a preposition and "like" being only a preposition.

But I prefer to describe rather than prescribe.

On this computer I don't have the program to R-K it, but I will later.
If you click on my link in the previous post, you'll be able to R-K anything.

About "as", yes, it's both, but that's not applicable in our sentence because "like" is used.
 

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Thank you, Lauralie2 and Mr. Antonson, for your fast replies.

(1) Thank you for the link, but it's too difficult for a computer

illiterate like me to navigate.

(2) I am a spoiled brat who is used to Mr. Antonson producing a

diagram for me to print out.

(3) By the way, one old grammar says that "like" should

be treated as an adjective or adverb. It does allow, however,

that some people "now" (the 1950's) are parsing it as a so-called

preposition.

(4) Mr. Antonson, when you have time, could I have the diagram?

Thanks again, Lauralie 2 and Mr. Antonson, for this information.

Diagramming is good, clean fun. I am well aware that some people

think we are nuts to "waste" time on diagramming. If they only

knew the benefits of clearly having a "map" of a sentence.
 

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I am out of practice with this online diagramming.
 
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