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Patterning
Hunting
(Comic Strips)
ANSWER
KEYS
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Q1--a.
It's a postcard from the Gores on vacation.
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b.
I wish you were
here. |
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<A1> |
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a.
S+V+C S--it V--is C--a postcard from the Gores on
vacation |
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b.
S+V+O
S--I
V--wish O--(that) you were here |
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Q2--They'd
given me a bigger bottle of glue. |
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<A2> |
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S+V+O1+O2 |
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S--they
V--had given O1--me O2--a bigger bottle of
glue |
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Q3--a.
I don't have a gun. |
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b. I just have a new set of braces. That's all. |
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<A3> |
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a.
S+V+O S--I V--(don't) have O--a gun |
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b.
S+V+O.
S+V+C |
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S--I V--(just) have O--a new set of
braces S--that V--is C--all |
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Q4--a.
I'm here to warn you this country is going to hell in a |
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handbasket. |
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b. You can't trust anyone. You can't even trust Regan |
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Appointee. |
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<A4> |
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a.
S+V+C
S--I V--am |
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C--here
to warn you this country is going to hell in a handbasket |
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b.
S+V+O |
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S--you
V--(can't) trust O--anyone |
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S--you
V--(can't even) trust O--Regan Appointee |
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Q5--a.
You religious freaks make me laugh. |
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b. The end is near. |
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c. Actually, I'm a Y2K team leader. |
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<A5> |
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a.
S+V+O+C S--you religious freaks
V--make O--me C--laugh |
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b.
S+V+C S--the end V--is
C--near |
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c.
S+V+C S--I
V--am C--a Y2K team leader |
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Q6--a.
Who's the biggest liar of them all? |
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b. But, there is a better fibber in the land. |
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c. I would never market violence to children. |
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<A6> |
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a.
S+V+C S--who V--is C--the biggest liar of
them all |
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b.
S+V+C S--a better fibber V--is C--in the
land.*
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c.
S+V+IO+DO S--I V--would (never-adv.)
market |
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IO--children
DO--violence*
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*
"There"--the adverbial 帶有副詞性質的虛詞 |
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Another
explanation: S--There, V--is, C--a better fibber in the land |
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I would never market children violence. |
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Q7--a.
There's too much violence in movies and games. |
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b. I should have seen it coming when I invented it.
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<A7>
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a.
S+V+C S--(too much) violence V--is C--in movies and games* |
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b.
S+V+O+C S--I V--(should have)
seen O--it (violence) |
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C--coming
Adverbial (subordinate) clause--when I invented it
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*
"There"--the adverbial 帶有副詞性質的虛詞 |
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Another
explanation: S--There, V--is, C--too much violence in movies and
games . |
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Q8--a.
I don't care what it says. |
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b. You don't have a choice.
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<A8>
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a.
S+V+O S--I
V--(don't) care O--what it says |
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b.
S+V+O S--you V--(don't) have O--a choice
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Q9--a.
Did you watch survivors? |
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b. I am a survivor.
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<A9>
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a.
S+V+O S--you V--(did) watch
O--survivors |
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b.
S+V+C S--I
V--am C--a survivor |
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Q10--Charles
is a selfish cad and Camilia is an interfering, |
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self-serving old witch. |
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<A10>
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S+V+C
(conjunction) S+V+C |
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S--Charles
V--is C--a selfish cad |
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S--Camillia
V--is C--an interfering self-serving old witch |
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Q11--a.
I hate to tell you this. |
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b. But, Harry Potter is a fictitious character.
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<A11>
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a.
S+V+O S--I V--hate O1--to tell
you this (Infinitive phrase) |
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b.
S+V+C S--Harry Potter V--is C--a fictitious character |
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Q12--a.
So the U.S. banned aid to groups discussing abortions. |
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b. I never got money from them anyhow. |
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<A12>
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a.
S+V+O+C S--the U.S. V--banned
O--aid C--to groups discussing abortions |
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b.
S+V+O+C S--I V--got O: money C: from them |
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