Diagramming Shakespeare 29 CAT 1

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O, I am out of breath in this fond chase! (Midsummer Night's Dream)
 

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I meant "Diagramming Shakespeare 30 CAT 1".
 

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O, I am out of breath in this fond chase! (Midsummer Night's Dream)

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Woops! Forgot the "in".
 

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Hello Frank,

Could you explain why you put the subject complement on a pedestal?
 

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I think it looks better that way. I don't like to mess with the base line, and the pedestal shows exactly where the prepositional phrase goes.

The original Reed-Kellogg system does this, though sometimes other diagrammers don't use the pedestal as I do.

Do you know about the following website:

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