MommyThrice Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I have two sentence that I can't diagram. 1. After driving slowly through the storm, we finally arrived HOME safely. What do I do with "home?" It it an adverb telling where we arrived? or a direct object? Why? 2. Father keeps plenty OF TRACTS in the glove compartment of his car for people he meets. "Tracts" makes a nice direct object to receive the action of "father keeps" but what about the "of" in front? Can "plenty" be the DO, and "of tracts" modifies "plenty?" I really like grammar - but I'm stumped on these two. I would appreciate your help. Thanks, Tracie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasharowan Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Home would be an adverb I believe. It answers "Where". Of is a preposition, so OF tracts would be a prepositional phrase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in MA Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Here's what I think: . . . arrived home. . . Imagine the sentence said arrived at home, so it's an adverbial clause modifying arrived (answers the question "where") You would diagram it like a prep phrase but the line where "at" would sit would be blank. No idea how to do that on the computer! . . . plenty of tracts. . . what your father has in his glove compartment is plenty, not tracts. "Of tracts" modifies plenty. But I may be wrong! Gotta love grammar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyThrice Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 Thanks for the help. Pam, your answer got me thinking... maybe there is an understood (at) before home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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