English 098:  English Fundamentals

Instructor:  K. Sherlock

 

Download a .PDF of this handout:  More Sentence Diagramming

 

MORE SENTENCE DIAGRAMMING

 

COMPLEX, COMPOUND, AND COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCES:

 

 

 

 

 

1.   A straightforward compound sentence.

 

 

2.   A complex sentence containing a subordinate clause:

 

 

3.   A compound-complex sentence with modifiers and two subordinate clauses (one of which is the aforementioned complex sentence.

 

 

4.   Placing possessive nouns and possessive adjectives, and compound sentence parts.

 

 

5.  Diagramming a clause with multiple compound sentence parts.

 

 

Credits

Illustrations from

 

Moutoux, Gene.  ÒThe Basics Of Sentence Diagramming.Ó Sentence Diagrams ~ One Way Of Learning English Grammar.  04 February 2009 < http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/basicdiagrams31-35.htm>.

 

ÒBasic Sentences Parts and Patterns: Diagramming Sentences.Ó  Guide To Grammar and Writing. (on-line).  04 February 2009 <http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/diagrams2/one_pager1.htm>,