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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
complex structure
Known as the Golden City, Jaisalmer, a former caravan center on the route to the Khyber Pass, rises from a sea of sand, its 30-foot-high walls and medieval sandstone fort sheltering palaces that soar into the sapphire sky.
Q) I don't know the grammatical structure in the underlined part.
Jaisalmer rises from a sea of sand.......... and ???????
Q) I don't know the grammatical structure in the underlined part.
Jaisalmer rises from a sea of sand.......... and ???????
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Jaisalmer rises from a sea of sand, with/and its 30-foot-high walls and medieval sandstone fort [that are] sheltering palaces.
- Jaisalmer rises from a sea of sand, with/and its 30-foot-high walls and medieval sandstone fort [that are] sheltering palaces.
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Jaisalmer rises from a sea of sand, with/and its 30-foot-high walls and medieval sandstone fort [that are] sheltering palaces.
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Mister MicawberJaisalmer rises from a sea of sand, with/and its 30-foot-high walls and medieval sandstone fort [that are] sheltering palaces.Can "and" come in the context? I was just wondering this because "and" usually comes with a clause.
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I'm just providing a meaningful paraphrase, moon. The original is a clause, an absolute one.
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Known as the Golden City, Jaisalmer, a former caravan center on the route to the Khyber Pass, rises from a sea of sand, its 30-foot-high walls and medieval sandstone fort sheltering palaces that soar into the sapphire sky.
Q) Does "its" refer to "Jaisalmer?"
Q2) If the sentence is separated into 2 sentences, can it be rephrased like this?
Known as the Golden City, Jais
Q) Does "its" refer to "Jaisalmer?"
Q2) If the sentence is separated into 2 sentences, can it be rephrased like this?
Known as the Golden City, Jais
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1. Yes
2. The problem with learners' (and teachers') idea of 'reduction' is that it really happened. No such thing: the 'reduced' and 'expanded' sentences are just two ways of saying the same thing. Teachers use the process to demonstrate grammar, that is all.
For me, this would be the proper 'expansion' :
Known as the Golden City, Jaisalmer, a former caravan center on
2. The problem with learners' (and teachers') idea of 'reduction' is that it really happened. No such thing: the 'reduced' and 'expanded' sentences are just two ways of saying the same thing. Teachers use the process to demonstrate grammar, that is all.
For me, this would be the proper 'expansion' :
Known as the Golden City, Jaisalmer, a former caravan center on
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