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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