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Taka Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

At the place

She found herself out in the street again at the place from which she had started.

About 'at the place', is it a modifier of 'the street'? Or is it something else?
  

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She found herself out in the street again at the place from which she had started. " You could reverse the order, or use only one, or the other. ) out in the street again at the place from which she had started Your analysis is possible, though.

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  • " You could reverse the order, or use only one, or the other.
  • ) out in the street again at the place from which she had started Your analysis is possible, though.
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She found herself out in the street again at the place from which she had started.

I think both prepositional phrases are adverbial, modifying the verb "found."

You could reverse the order, or use only one, or the other.

(She found herself where?)

out in the street again

at the pl
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So 'the street at the place' itself makes sense, Avangi?
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She found herself out in the street again at the place from which she had started.

Hi, Taka,

If you're asking if the "again" may be deleted from your original sentence, I would say, "yes."

I suppose it could be argued that doing so makes the first phrase less independent, and more dependent on the sec
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OK. Thanks, Avangi!
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