Class for today... and on into Tuesday.. (1/12-1/13)

1. Looking a little closer at adjectives and adverbs today...  Qualifiers and Quantifiers

Both qualifiers and quantifiers PROCEED and MODIFY  the noun and supply specific detail in a sentence... Qualifiers are hidden as adjectives and adverbs, while quantifiers disguise themselves as words that tell how much. Quantifiers usually appear in front of nouns (as in all the children), but they may also function as pronouns (as in all have returned). 

Here are the most common qualifiers in English (though some of these words have other functions as well):Very, quite, rather, somewhat, more, most, less, least, too, so, just, enough, indeed, still, almost, fairly, really, pretty, even, a bit, a little, a (whole) lot, a god deal, a great deal, kind of, sort of.

Remember that one of the main reasons we are studying grammar and mechanics is because of the control it offers you in crafting your message when you write..  We will be carefully connecting the aspects of diagramming to the writing process...  Here is the writing connection with QUALIFIERS.
Review the following link:

Overused words- qualifiers


2. On to INDIRECT OBJECTS: Indirect objects receive the action of the DIRECT OBJECT! Remember: The direct object answers "WHAT" of the action of the PREDICATE! Indirect objects answers "TO/For"...

Review the following slides 1-16. This will review and ADD indirect objects and conjunctions. Be very familiar with these additions on Tuesday. (take notes)
Sentence Diagramming review and additions (with British Lit!) (Thanks Dr. Wheeler)

Good things to note:
1. How to recognized and diagram the implied "You" (x)...
2. How to handle the negative "not" (as an adverb)
3. Object complement examples (after the direct object)
4. Indirect objects... how to spot them and make sure that they are IO.
5. How to diagram compound phrases... (slide 13)
6. How to diagram conjunctions (slide 13-16)