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Adonica86 Posted 15 years ago
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When she was feeling unusually suspectible (Adverbial), she (S) would tick (V) the things (d.O) off the list with a pencil as an additional counter-charm (A)
  

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Adonica86 Is this correct ? O) off the list with a pencil as an additional counter-charm (A) Agreed. If you take away the parts in bold , you get the core of the sentence.

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Adonica86Is this correct ?

When she was feeling unusually suspectible (Adverbial), she (S) would tick (V) the things (d.O) off the list with a pencil as an additional counter-charm (A)

Agreed. If you take away the parts in bold, you get the core of the sentence. Core means only the verb and its arguments.
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