diagramming vocatives

Jon R. Venema 104412.344 at compuserve.com
Tue Apr 27 17:16:48 EDT 1999


Message text written by "clayton stirling bartholomew"
>>>Message text written by Jonathan Ryder:
> 
>>I'm currently teaching myself simplified diagramming/sentence flow as a
>>technique for working out how sentences, clauses fit together. Can
>>anybody who 'diagrams' tell me how they treat vocatives or address,
>>usually with 2nd person verb? Do you use put it in the subject 'slot'?
>
> Jonathan,
>
> I just position the vocative in the subject slot.  However, I put the
> vocative in parentheses.  It works well for me.

>Jon,

>Would you put QEOFILE in Luke 1:3 in the subject slot?<


Clayton,

I was referring to Jonathan's example.  In Luke 1:3, and this is just at a
glance,
I would put QEOFILE in apposition to SOI, and put it in parentheses.

Jon R. Venema
Western Seminary



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