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What are the parts of sentence for there pretty flowers in your garden however they dont smell very good?

Here's a breakdown of the sentence parts, with a bit of explanation:

Independent Clause 1:

* Subject: "There" (an expletive, a word that fills a grammatical position but has no semantic meaning, followed by the actual subject)

* Verb: "are" (implicit, as "there are" is a common phrase for introducing a subject)

* Complement: "pretty flowers" (a noun phrase describing the subject)

* Prepositional Phrase: "in your garden" (modifies "flowers")

Independent Clause 2:

* Subject: "they" (pronoun referring back to "flowers")

* Verb: "don't smell" (main verb)

* Adverb: "very" (modifies the adjective "good")

* Adjective: "good" (describes the smell)

Conjunction:

* "however" connects the two independent clauses, indicating a contrast between the beauty of the flowers and their lack of fragrance.

Overall Sentence Structure:

The sentence is a compound sentence, composed of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

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