"I dont even know if I should bother given the quality of your responses"<br/><br/>What is the word, "given" modifying exactly in the sentence?<br/><br/>Is it modifying the noun, "I" after "if" or the verb, "bother?"<br/><br/>Or is the word, "given" a substitution for another term such as "because of?"<br/><br/>Thank you