# Eternity Async Tutoring

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**Created:** [April 17, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/eternity-async-tutoring/1932 "2024-04-17T23:22:52Z")
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#### Post date: [August 18, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/eternity-async-tutoring/1932/507 "2024-08-18T00:02:02Z")

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Part 3 Sentence Analysis, ~55 minutes:

> Running fast isn’t fun

- isn’t = is not, so “Running fast is not fun.”
- is - linking verb
- running - subject, gerund
- fun - complement
- modifiers:
  - fast is an adjective modifying running
  - not is an adverb modifying is

- Running in a manner that is considered fast is not enjoyable.

> I don’t want to stand on my porch when it’s wet.

- don’t = do not, it’s = it is, so " I do not want to stand on my porch when it is wet."
- do - action verb, is - linking verb
- “I do not want to stand on my porch” is joined together with " it is wet" with the conjunction “when”.
  - “I do not want to stand on my porch”
    - do - action verb
    - I - subject
    - want - object?, infinitive?
    - modifiers:
      - not is an adverb modifying want
      - to stand on my porch is a prepositional phrase modifying want
        - to is the preposition
        - porch is the noun governed by to
        - my is modifying porch
          - stand on is a prepositional phrase modifying porch modifying? Idk. This one confuses me

  - “It is wet”
    - is - linking verb
    - It - subject, refers to my porch
    - wet - complement
    - no modifiers

  - When my porch is wet, I do not do the action of wanting to stand on my porch.

> Swimming after work is too tiring.

- is - linking verb
- swimming - subject, gerund
- tiring - complement
- modifiers:
  - after work is a prepositional phrase modifying swimming
    - after is the preposition
    - work is the noun governed by after

  - too is an adverb modifying tiring

- Swimming after work is very tiring.

> John gets sweaty when he does his exercise routine.

- gets - action verb, does - action verb
- “John gets sweaty” is joined together with “he does his exercise routine” with the conjunction “when”.
  - “John gets sweaty”
    - gets - action verb
    - John - subject
    - sweaty - object, gerund?
    - no modifiers

  - “he does his exercise routine”
    - does - action verb
    - he - subject, he refers to John
    - routine - object
    - modifiers:
      - his is a reference adjective modifying routine
      - exercise is a participle? modifying routine

  - John has a routine. That routine is for exercise. It is his routine. When John does that routine, he gets sweaty.

> I gave him gifts.

- gave - action verb
- I - subject
- gifts - object
- modifiers:
  - him is a reference adjective modifying gave?

- I gave gifts. I gave gifts specifically to a him.

> I love to throw boomerangs to myself.

- love - action verb
- I - subject
- no object
- modifiers:
  - to throw boomerangs is a prepositional phrase modifying love
    - to is the preposition
    - boomerangs is the noun governed by to
    - throw is a participle modifying boomerangs

  - to myself modifies throw
    - to is the preposition
    - myself is the noun governed by the preposition

- I love to throw boomerangs if the person I’m throwing them to is myself.

> When a movie is boring, I stop watching.

- is - linking verb, stop - action verb
- “I stop watching” is joined together with “a movie is boring” with the conjunction when.
  - “I stop watching”
    - stop - action verb
    - I - subject
    - watching - object, gerund

  - “a movie is boring”
    - is - linking verb
    - movie - subject
    - boring - gerund, complement or is it a participle?
    - modifier:
      - a modifies movie

  - If any movie I am watching is boring, then I will stop watching it.

> I like reading non-fiction books out of order.

- like - action verb
- I - subject
- reading non-fiction books - object, gerund
  - non-fiction books is the object of reading

- modifiers:
  - out of order is a prepositional phrase modifying reading
    - out of is the preposition
    - order is the noun governed by out of

  - non-fiction modifies books

- If I’m reading books that are of the non-fiction variety, I like to read them out of their specified order.

> My broken speakers don’t work for making sound.

- don’t = do not, so “My broken speakers do not work for making sound.”
- do - action verb
- speakers - subject
- work - object
- modifiers:
  - my modifies speaker
  - broken modifies speaker
  - not modifies work
  - for making sound is a prepositional phrase modifying do
    - for is the preposition
    - making sound is a gerund governed by for
      - sound is the object of making

- For the purpose of making sounds, my speakers, which are broken, do not work.

> FYI, working at the CIA is cooler than the FBI.

- FYI = For your information, CIA = Central Intelligence Agency, FBI = Federal Bureau of Investigations, so “For your information, working at the Central Intelligence Agency is cooler than the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
- is - linking verb
- working - subject, gerund
- cooler - complement
- modifiers:
  - for your information is a prepositional phrase modifying? Idk
  - at the CIA is a prepositional phrase modifying working
    - at is the preposition
    - the modifies CIA
    - CIA is the noun governed by at

  - than the FBI is a prepositional phrase modifying cooler?
    - than is the preposition
    - the modifies FBI
    - FBI is the noun governed by than

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