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Grammarian-bot Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
apppositive vs modifier
When we have a compound noun like "farm equipment and land", what should we use to refer to both of them in the modifying clause, an appositive or which. (to my knowledge, which modifies the noun just before it; so in a compound noun like this, which modifies land only and not farm equipment.)
season, are going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.
clause (Declining values for farm equipment and land) But we know that declining values id not the collateral?
Please help.
GB
Declining values for farm equipment and land, which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, aregoing to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.
Declining values for farm equipment and land, the collateral against which farmers borrow to get through the harvest
season, are going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.
Isn't "for farm equipment and land" a prepositional phrase? If it is then doesn't both which and the collateral modify the whole first
clause (Declining values for farm equipment and land) But we know that declining values id not the collateral?
Please help.
GB
Top answer
---I think here which modifies the clause in blue. -- The collateral doesn't modify anything here. In this sentence only which modifies but I can't tell you what it modifes because I think that there is something wrong in the sentence or I can't understand it.
- ---I think here which modifies the clause in blue.
- -- The collateral doesn't modify anything here.
- In this sentence only which modifies but I can't tell you what it modifes because I think that there is something wrong in the sentence or I can't understand it.
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Declining values for farm equipment and land, which farmers use as collateral to borrow against to get through the harvest season, are going to force many lenders to tighten or deny credit this spring.---I think here which modifies the clause in blue.
Declining values for farm equipment and land,
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which need not have just one antecedent. It's just that which has no plural form, so there are only a few contexts where the plural usage can be detected.
I do not find any of the pens and pencils which are on the table useful.
which refers to both pens and pencils.
In the case of your example, you can leave it as is with
I do not find any of the pens and pencils which are on the table useful.
which refers to both pens and pencils.
In the case of your example, you can leave it as is with
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