[NOUN] The ramifications of a decision, plan, or event are all its consequences and effects, especially ones which are not obvious at first.
The book analyses the social and political ramifications of AIDS for the gay community. I'd like to know whether an adjectival phrase "for the gay community" modifies the noun phrase "the social and political ramifications of AIDS."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
Yes. More narrowly, it modifies "ramifications".
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Yes.
More narrowly, it modifies "ramifications".
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