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Started by noellerubino · started 2019-03-06 17:04 · last activity 2019-03-12 16:15 · 1 reply

How come the first diagram is P> SWAP not W&P?

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  1. Ravi · 2019-03-12 16:15

    @noellerubino, Great question. The first sentence reads, "All parrots can learn to speak a few words and phrases." The first diagram is P - ->SWAP because the sentence is basically telling us that all parrots can do something. What can they all do? They can all speak words and phrases. Diagramming the sentence to P - >SWAP is the most effective way we can capture the sentence's meaning while having a nice, simple conditional statement. SWAP just stands for 'speak words and phrases.' If you wanted to, you could diagram this sentence as P - >W&P so long as you know that W&P signifies 'speak words and phrases.' Does this make sense? Let us know if you have any questions!

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