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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Are reduced adverbial clauses modifiers?
The underlined words in a are a dangling modifier/participle.
b is a dangling modifier too.
But why is it a modifier? Are reduced adverbial clauses no longer adverbial in nature like unreduced adverbial clauses? Are they now adjectival, and modifying the subject, as in sentence b?
a. Having finished the assignment, the TV set was turned on
b. I love meat. If cooked properly, i could eat a tonne of it.
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b is a dangling modifier too.
But why is it a modifier? Are reduced adverbial clauses no longer adverbial in nature like unreduced adverbial clauses? Are they now adjectival, and modifying the subject, as in sentence b?
a. Having finished the assignment, the TV set was turned on
b. I love meat. If cooked properly, i could eat a tonne of it.
Cheers
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English 1b3 The underlined words in a are a dangling modifier/participle. b is a dangling modifier too. But why is it a modifier?
- English 1b3 The underlined words in a are a dangling modifier/participle.
- b is a dangling modifier too.
- But why is it a modifier?
- Are reduced adverbial clauses no longer adverbial in nature like unreduced adverbial clauses?
- Are they now adjectival, and modifying the subject, as in sentence b?
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English 1b3The underlined words in a are a dangling modifier/participle.
b is a dangling modifier too.
But why is it a modifier? Are reduced adverbial clauses no longer adverbial in nature like unreduced adverbial clauses? Are they now adjectival, and modifying the subject, as in sentence b?
a. Having finished the assignment, the TV set was turn
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What I'm saying is that there seems to be a difference between an adverbial clause, which functions as an adverb, while a reduced adverbial clause seems to function adjectivally, and that is why we need to change 'if cooked properly', which modifies the noun, to 'if it is cooked properly' which modifies the entire main clause, so that we don't have a dangling modifier...
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Does that make se
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Did you click on the reference link in the previous post?
It explains things better than I can. You will observe that these are adjectival phrases / clauses because they limit, modify, or describe a noun.
If you have more questions after reading it, please reply again
Regards,
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It explains things better than I can. You will observe that these are adjectival phrases / clauses because they limit, modify, or describe a noun.
If you have more questions after reading it, please reply again
Regards,
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