OCG533, Fall 2002
Homework assignment 7, due 25 September
From Exercise 16-1. Diagramming verb phrases
Here are five verb phrases of varying complexity. Diagram each with the system used in this chapter. Be sure to discriminate between long direct objects and true multiple postmodifiers on the one hand and between recursive and nested postmodifiers on the other hand.
1. ¼introduced two identical bills in the state legislature.
2. ¼suggest a significant difference between European and U.S. waters.
3. ¼tend to use the FDA standard in setting fish advisories.
4. ¼fed the estimates from Brzuzy and Hites into a newly-developed modeling framework.
5. ¼will be leaving the Department of Energy at the end of January for personal reasons.