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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
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* A cabin stood at the end of the trail, on the edge of a mountain lake.

* A cabin stood at the end of the trail, on the edge of a mountain lake.


I'm not sure what "on the edge of a mountain lake" is modifying in the sentence.

I think it's, as a non-essential prepositional phrase, modifying "the trail", but it might be possible to think of it as modifying "a cabin" as well? I'm so confused how to look at it.

  

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fire1 I'm not sure what "on the edge of a mountain lake" is modifying in the sentence. The cabin.

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  • fire1 I'm not sure what "on the edge of a mountain lake" is modifying in the sentence.
  • The cabin.
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fire1I'm not sure what "on the edge of a mountain lake" is modifying in the sentence.

The cabin.

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fire1I'm not sure what "on the edge of a mountain lake" is modifying in the sentence.

It's got the same function as "at the end of the trail". Both prepositional phrases relate to "stood".

Stood where? At the end of the trail.
Stood where? On the edge of a mountain lake.

In traditional grammar these prepositional phrases ar

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