Sentence 26: Each
year we give our next-door neighbors some cookies.
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In this sentence, neighbors
is an indirect object. The indirect object is one kind
of adverbial objective (a noun used as an
adverb). Adverbial objectives can also express time,
place, and manner, among other things (cf. year
in the sentence on the left). When diagramming adverbial
objectives, place nothing on the first slanted line. |
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Sentence 27: Aunt
Amy and Uncle Andy sent their nephews, Bruce and Bobby, some
cake and cookies.
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This sentence contains a compound
subject, Aunt Amy and Uncle Andy; a compound
direct object, cake and cookies; and a compound
appositive, Bruce and Bobby, which is in apposition
with the indirect object, nephews. The most common kind
of appositive consists of a noun or nouns that follow and
further identify another noun or nouns. This kind of appositive
is often set off by commas. Note: the adjective some is
diagrammed from a point on the direct-object line that pertains
to both objects. |
Sentence 28: My
grandfather, a lifelong non-smoker, attributed his longevity to
a healthy lifestyle.
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In sentence diagrams, modifiers
of an appositive should be placed under the appositive;
thus, in this diagram, a and lifelong are placed
under non-smoker. |
Sentence 29: They
mixed the dough quickly, put it into the oven, and waited.
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This sentence has a tripartite
predicate. Note that the conjunction and is
placed between the second and third branches, according
to its placement in the sentence. Some authorities like
to place an x between any two branches not joined
by a conjunction. |
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Sentence 30: They
washed and dried the sticky pots and greasy pans.
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Since the verbs washed
and dried have a common direct object, one
reconnects the branches before the vertical line preceding the
direct object. The definite article, the, modifies both pots
and pans; thus, in the diagram, it appears under the part
of the horizontal line that belongs to both direct objects. |