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Yzh1978 Posted 10 years ago
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They are tolerant of unonventional attitudes toward marriage and the changing roles of the ssexes.

I wondered the "unconvetional " modify" attitudes only or "attitude and changing roles" both?
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yzh1978 They are tolerant of u nco nventional attitudes toward marriage and the changing roles of th e s exes. " both? I would imagine that it just modifies "attitudes"; "unconventional attitudes towards the changing roles of the sexes" would be unusual.

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  • yzh1978 They are tolerant of u nco nventional attitudes toward marriage and the changing roles of th e s exes.
  • " both?
  • I would imagine that it just modifies "attitudes"; "unconventional attitudes towards the changing roles of the sexes" would be unusual.
  • Can you provide a link to where you found that sentence?
  • yzh1978 T hank yo u!
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yzh1978They are tolerant of unconventional attitudes toward marriage and the changing roles of the sexes.
yzh1978I wonder ed the if "unconventional " modifies "attitudes" only or (both) "attitudes" and "changing roles." both?
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Thank you for your careful proofreading. I found it in a textbook. Anyway it can be interpreted in both ways I mentioned grammatically ,but acutual meaning needs context ,right?
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yzh1978They are tolerant of unconventional attitudes toward marriage and the changing roles of the sexes. I wondered the if "unconventional" modifi
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