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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
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"A candy with chocolate in it"

"A candy with chocolate in it"

I have always had a problem analyzing the structure of "in it" so can I simply say that 'in it' as a prepositional phrase modifies 'with chocolate' behind or is there a better understanding of the expression?

Thank you so much as usual!
  

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Hans51 can I simply say that 'in it' as is a prepositional phrase that postmodifies 'with chocolate' behind ... I'd say it postmodifies only "chocolate". Semantically, 'with chocolate in it' ~ 'which has chocolate in it' ~ 'which contains chocolate' ~ 'in which there is chocolate' CJ

— CalifJim

  • Hans51 can I simply say that 'in it' as is a prepositional phrase that postmodifies 'with chocolate' behind ...
  • I'd say it postmodifies only "chocolate".
  • Semantically, 'with chocolate in it' ~ 'which has chocolate in it' ~ 'which contains chocolate' ~ 'in which there is chocolate' CJ
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Hans51can I simply say that 'in it' as is a prepositional phrase that postmodifies 'with chocolate' behind ...
I'd say it postmodifies only "chocolate".

Semantically,
'with chocolate in it' ~ 'which has chocolate in it' ~ 'which contains chocolate' ~ 'in
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CalifJim'with chocolate in it' ~ 'which has chocolate in it'
Thank you so much and I also learned a new word postmodify and I was wondering if 'in it' can modify not only 'chocolate' but also 'has' in the relative clause?

I think that there is no meaning difference between them. So in the clause, the prepositional phrase can modif
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Hans51Thank you so much and I also learned a new word postmodify and I was wondering if 'in it' can modify not only 'chocolate' but also 'has' in the relative clause?
Yes. "has" + "in it" - - - "chocolate".
Hans51So in the clause, the prepositional phrase can modify either one and there is no meaning difference, right?
Yes.
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CalifJim"has" + "in it" - - - "chocolate".
What does this mean?Emotion: embarrassed

Thank you so m
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Hans51What does this mean?
I was just showing that "in it" can go with "has".

CJ
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Hans51"A candy with chocolate in it"
I treat the phrase "with chocolate in it" as a verbless clause in which the verb can be recovered from the context:

A candy with chocolate [which is] in it./A candy with chocolate [being] in it.
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That seems an unnecessarily complex analysis.
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