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Joke # 3
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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      One day, an Eastern University professor visited the 

expandingNote PPG campus {of the University} {of California} 

{at Los Angeles}. He watched construction work {on half  a dozen 

new buildings}. He inspected new laboratories and attended

summer classes {in modern study rooms}. He walked {across miles}

{of eucalyptus-lined lawns and athletic fields} {with one} {of the deans}. /

 He was impressed./

     "My," [he said,] "just how many students do

you have here?" /

     ["Let me (Subject of "see") see (Inf - DO of "Let"),"] the

dean answered thoughtfully, / "I'd say about one {in a hundred}." /
 

Baude's Handbook of Humor for All Occasions.
Compiled by Jacob M. Braude. 
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1958. p. 52

 
Progress
Total Words = 83 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  34  41
L1: + Adj & Adverbs 16 60
+ L2: S / V / C 29 95
+ L3: Clauses 0 95
+ L4: Verbals 2 98

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