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Joke # 1
Answer Key for Level 4
     Verbals are in 18-point bold, usually blue, with their functions indicated after them. (I can't easily draw boxes, ovals, and arrows on web documents.)  Other words counted in relation to them (such as conjunctions, complements, etc.) are also in 18-point bold. The font size of words aleady analyzed has been decreased. Words which remain to be analyzed are still in 14-point black

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       The dean {of women} {at a large coeducational college}

recently began an important announcement {to the student body}

[as follows: ]  /

     "The president {of the college} and I have decided to 

stop (Inf - DO of "decided") neckingNote #1  (Ger- DO of

"to stop") {on the campus}." /
 

Baude's Handbook of Humor for All Occasions.
Compiled by Jacob M. Braude. 
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1958. p.51

Note:

1. I have heard a few teachers (not many) say that verbals do not always have subjects. This joke proves that they are wrong.
 
 

Progress
Total Words = 35 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  17  49
L1: + Adj & Adverbs 5 63
+ L2: S / V / C 8 86
+ L3: Clauses 2 91
+ L4: Verbals 3 100

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