Blame on
"They produced a rhapsody of excuses, ranging from a family epidemic of diarrhea to a sixteen-wheeler truck crashing into a house, to a severe case of food poisoning blamed on the A High School cafeteria."
The A High School cafeteria was blamed for the food poisoning. This, I understand. But, I really don't understand the underlined part.
Shouldn't it the underlined phrase "blamed on" change to "blaming on"?
But then again, how could the severe case blame on the cafeteria when it is not a person.
Thank you in advance
Top answer
deborahjeong a severe case of food poisoning (which was) blamed on the A High School cafeteria. The end of the sentence is a reduced relative clause. ) As for the verb "blame", it is unique in English.
- deborahjeong a severe case of food poisoning (which was) blamed on the A High School cafeteria.
- The end of the sentence is a reduced relative clause.
- ) As for the verb "blame", it is unique in English.
- Brian blamed the accident on Larry.
- / The accident was blamed on Larry.
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deborahjeonga severe case of food poisoning (which was) blamed on the A High School cafeteria.
The end of the sentence is a reduced relative clause. (See above, where the missing words are supplied.)
As for the verb "blame", it is unique in English.
Brian blamed the accident on Larry. / The accident was blamed on Larry.
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