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Post by susannahhuang on Feb 2, 2010 14:37:43 GMT -5
Perry Pennington, my annoying neighbor, made a racket outside my house in the middle of the night because he needed to borrow my sledgehammer. The knocking woke me up. Although it was around three in the morning, Perry had discovered a block of cement by the car which he had purchased that day, and needed to get rid of it. Because he was disturbing my sleep, I refused to give it to him and I slammed the door in his face, leaving him to suffer as he may.
In the above paragraph, The first sentence is compound and contains an appositive phrase, an adverbial clause, a participial phrase, and an infinitive. The second sentence is simple and contains a gerund. The third sentence is complex and contains a prepositional phrase and an adjectival clause. The forth sentence is compound-complex.
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Post by Mr. Wells on Feb 15, 2010 21:33:38 GMT -5
You have to identify the component parts, not just say where they are. Revise accordingly.
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Post by susannahhuang on Feb 28, 2010 13:38:03 GMT -5
Perry Pennington, my annoying neighbor, made a racket outside my house in the middle of the night because he needed to borrow my sledgehammer. The knocking woke me up. Although it was around three in the morning, a block of cement was discovered near the car which Perry had purchased that day and he needed to get rid of it. Because he was disturbing my sleep, I refused to give him the sledgehammer and slammed the door in his face, leaving him to suffer as he may.
First Sentence (Complex) Appositive - my annoying neighbor Adverbial clause - because he needed to borrow my sledgehammer Infinitive - to borrow
Second Sentence (simple) Gerund - knocking
Third Sentence (Compound) Prepositional phrase - near the car Adjectival clause - which Perry had purchased that day Participial phrase - was discovered
Fourth Sentence (Compound-Complex) Infinitive - to give
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Post by Mr. Wells on Mar 22, 2010 10:38:29 GMT -5
Last sentence is only complex as no second independent clause is evident; also, in second sentence you have a gerund, but it was supposed to be a gerund phrase.
Great work overall, though.
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