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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Adjective phrases

As the power of rage consumes and drowns the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence of the users, the average Red Lantern is left in a barely animalistic mindset, with limited speech abilities and lacking any ability of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_thought and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding, and of every other form of volition but endless rage, driven by hatred and a dim memory of his past life, focused on the circumstances forcing him to hate in the first place.

I'd like to know whether the underlined phrases modify "mindset."

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

No, they modify "the average Red Lantern".

— GPY

  • No, they modify "the average Red Lantern".
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No, they modify "the average Red Lantern".
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Thank you, GPY, for your enlightening answer. Emotion: smile
Then, do "driven by hatred and a dim memory" and "focused on the circumstances" a
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park sang joonThen, do "driven by hatred and a dim memory" and "focused on the circumstances" also modify "the average Red Lantern"?
Um, these are underlined phrases too, and are included within the scope of my earlier answer.

(Actually, you have broken some phrase boundaries with your underlining; for example, "dim memory of his past life" is a phras
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Thank you, GPY, for your continuing to answer. Emotion: smile

Then, has the comma before "with limited speech abilities" been used
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park sang joonThen, has the comma before "with limited speech abilities" been used to disconnect "with limited speech abilities" from "mindset"?
The comma helps to do that, yes. It is not completely conclusive in itself.
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