Descriptive phrases layout
Hi! Andd thanks for reading this post
Can you please tell me, i read something which puzzled me, and i have lost the web page the description was on,
it said Phrases that describe should be placed close to what they describe.
Can you expand on this, is there a manner in which descrpitive phrases should be laid out.
Many thanks.
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Can you expand on this Not really, that says it all: modifiers are generally placed near enough to their referents to avoid ambiguity. john121 is there a manner in which descrpitive phrases should be laid out. No, there is no simple format.
- Can you expand on this Not really, that says it all: modifiers are generally placed near enough to their referents to avoid ambiguity.
- john121 is there a manner in which descrpitive phrases should be laid out.
- No, there is no simple format.
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john121 Phrases that describe should be placed close to what they describe.Can you expand on this
Not really, that says it all: modifiers are generally placed near enough to their referents to avoid ambiguity.
john121 is there a manner in which descrpitive phrases should be laid out.
No, there is no simple format.
0Consider these pairs of sentences where the descriptive phrase is in two different positions. One sentence is rather improbable.
The lady saw the bird in the green hat.
The lady in the green hat saw the bird.
The man walked his dog on a leash attached to his rhinestone collar.
The man on a leash attached to his rhinestone collar walked his dog.
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