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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Confusing commas



The red creeper swarmed up the trees about the

old palace, and their branches stretched gaunt and dead, and set with

shrivelled leaves, from amid its clusters.

Does the underlined part of the sentence refer to "red creeper" or "trees"?

Thank you for your time; much appreciated.
  

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Hi, The red creeper swarmed up the trees about the old palace, and their branches stretched gaunt and dead, and set with shrivelled leaves, from amid its clusters. Does the underlined part of the sentence refer to "red creeper" or "trees"? It means this.

— Clive

  • Hi, The red creeper swarmed up the trees about the old palace, and their branches stretched gaunt and dead, and set with shrivelled leaves, from amid its clusters.
  • Does the underlined part of the sentence refer to "red creeper" or "trees"?
  • It means this.
  • The red creeper swarmed up the trees about the old palace, and the trees' branches stretched gaunt and dead, and set with shrivelled leaves, from amid the red creeper's clusters.
  • Clive
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Hi,

The red creeper swarmed up the trees about the

old palace, and their branches stretched gaunt and dead, and set with

shrivelled leaves, from amid its clusters.

Does the underlined part of the sentence refer to "red creeper" or "trees"?

It means this.



The red creeper swarmed up the trees a
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