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My question:Which ones in these 2 sentences are prepositions and artiicles?
"This comic represents me because sometimes I think about too many things, then my head explodes. I get a terrible headache fom thinking and I can’t sleep."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepositions

Not sure if that will help you, but here you go...

My question:Which ones in these 2 sentences are prepositions and artiicles?
"This comic represents me because sometimes I think about too many things, then my head explodes. I get a terrible headache fom thinking and I can’t sleep."

Prepositions are words that show locations.

"This comic represents me because sometimes I think about too many things, then my head explodes. I get a terrible headache fom (don't you mean from?) thinking and I can’t sleep."

Articles are words that have no apparent meaning. They just keep the sentences flowing.

"This comic represents me because sometimes I think about too many things, then my head explodes. I get a terrible headache fom thinking and I can’t sleep."


Don't trust me 100% on that, but I answered it to the best of my ability.
1) Your sentences aren't very coherent.
2) If that's in your essay, you will likely fail, no matter if you can identify the prepositions and articles or not.

There are 3 articles: A, an, and the.

'This' is not an article, in his context it's a demonstrative adjective or something.
'Represents' is a verb. 'Because' is a preposition.
'A' terrible headache: article.

Other than that, what Harrisonized said.

"This comic represents me because sometimes I think about too many things, then my head explodes. I get a terrible headache fom thinking and I can’t sleep."

Prepositions and articles:
from - preposition. (modifies meaning of verb phrase "get a headache" with relation to noun phrase "thinking")
about - preposition. (modifies meaning of verb phrase "think" with relation to noun phrase "too many things")
a - article. (introduces "headache" in det+noun construction)
Reference - David Crystal, Linda Hand.

Note to other posters:
Because - a conjunction.
Represents - a verb.
This - Phrase level: noun phrase. Word level: demonstrative pronoun.

articles are actually a form of determiner. Determiners precede nouns in English grammar and in a grammatical analysis, if the determiner isn't present you generally have to say "no determiner" rather than leave it out. So actually articles are quite important and regular.

"This comic represents me because sometimes I think about too many things, then my head explodes. I get a terrible headache fom thinking and I can’t sleep."

Prepositions and articles:
from - preposition. (modifies meaning of verb phrase "get a headache" with relation to noun phrase "thinking")
about - preposition. (modifies meaning of verb phrase "think" with relation to noun phrase "too many things")
a - article. (introduces "headache" in det+noun construction)
Reference - David Crystal, Linda Hand.

Note to other posters:
Because - a conjunction.
Represents - a verb.
This - Phrase level: noun phrase. Word level: demonstrative pronoun.

articles are actually a form of determiner. Determiners precede nouns in English grammar and in a grammatical analysis, if the determiner isn't present you generally have to say "no determiner" rather than leave it out. So actually articles are quite important and regular.

Apparently i used the searched button and nothing poped up

My question:Which ones in these 2 sentences are prepositions and artiicles?

"This comic represents me because sometimes I think about too many things, then my head explodes. I get a terrible headache from thinking and I can’t sleep."

Red= prepositions. Remember, these come before pronouns/nouns and show the pronoun's/noun's relationship to another word in the sentence.

Blue=articles. There are two types of articles. 'a' 'an' which are indefinite articles, and 'the' which is definite.

Purple= nouns. Yes, they're everyday things. Nouns can be in a category of: common nouns, everyday things we see, etc. Collective nouns, a noun that represents a group, etc: a library of books. Verbal nouns: these come from verbs, (Doing words). Proper nouns= People, places, etc: Kate. And lastly, compound nouns, etc.: pencil case.

Verbs= doing words. They can be mental: I guessed the right number, I think, etc. And physical: I ran to the store.

Orange= conjunctions. These connect two clauses together.

Pink= adjectives. Since I saw one, I thought I'd bring it up. These describe nouns. Terrible headache, it is describing the headache. Beautiful girl, describing the girl.

Gray=indefinite pronoun. Sometimes is indefinite, it's not a definate thing. So therefore, indinite pronoun.

Brown/darkred= Personal pronoun. Basic.

Navy= possessive pronouns. MY head. It belongs to me.

Dark green= demonstrative pronoun. Usually, that, this. 'that is my car', it is demonstrating which car is mine.

Indigo= Negative linking verb. Sleep is a verb and can't is negative, thus negative linking verb.

Oh dear oh dear... well, there's your extended answer.

OH MY GOD. Thank you so much :O