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Joke # 5
Answer Key for Level 3
     Subordinate clauses are in brackets [ ]. / represents the vertical line at the end of a main clause.  The font size of words aleady analyzed has been decreased. The color codes for adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases have been deleted because too many colors seemed distracting. Words which remain to be analyzed are still in 14-point black

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Why God Never Received  Tenure at the University

     He had only one major publication.

     It was {in obscure languages}.

     It had no references.

     It wasn't published {in a refereed journal}.

     Some even doubt [DO of "doubt" he wrote it himself.]

     It may be true [Note #1 that he created the universe,] /

but what has he done {since then}? /

     His cooperative efforts have been quite limited.

     The scientific community has had a hard time 

replicating his results.

     He never applied {to the Ethics Board} {for permission}

to use human subjects.

     [Adverbial to "tried" When one experiment went awry]

he tried[CNE] to cover it up {by drowning the subjects}.

     [Adverbial to "deleted" When subjects didn't behave 

[Adverbial to "behave" asNote #2 predicted,]] he deleted them 

{from the sample}.

     He rarely came {to class}, just told[CNE] students to 

read the Book.

     Some say [DO of "say" he had[CNE] his son teach the 

class.] /

     He expelled his first two students {for learning too 

much}.

     [Adverbial to "failed" Although there were only ten

requirements,]  most students failed his tests.

     His office hours were infrequent and usually held

 {on a remote mountaintop}.
 

Donna Kleiner, Internet e-mail 3/21/97

Notes:

1. You are expected to miss the function of this clause. We'll get it in Level Five. Because the connection has not been made, the "that" has not been counted.

2. As you become comfortable at this level, you should begin to recognize constructions such as this as semi-reduced clauses -- "as *he had* predicted."  If you're just beginning the level, and missed it, ignore the error.
 

Progress
Total Words = 157 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  32  20
L1: + Adj & Adverbs 34 42
+ L2: S / V / C 68 85
+ L3: Clauses 6 89

 
Some Basic Statistics on Style
# of Sentences: 16 Words per: 9.8
# of Main Clauses: 17 Words per 9.2
# of Sub Clauses: 7 SC / MC .41

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