’each taking one to three minutes’
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he explains that "hundreds of nuts are buried, each taking one to three minutes to conceal. When winter comes, buried nuts are the animal's main food source. Squirrels do not remember where they bury nuts ~ " (* source; 'Heralds of Spring in Texas’)
About the underlined part, am I OK to parse as follows;
1. It’s a nominative absolute clause, which allows to put “with” before “each” optionally.
2. It can be paraphrased into “, and each nut takes one to three minutes (for the squirrels) to conceal.”
I would appreciate it, if you kindly share your valuable opinions.
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deepcosmos am I OK to parse as follows; 1. It’s a nominative absolute clause, which allows us to put “with” before “each” optionally. 2.
- deepcosmos am I OK to parse as follows; 1.
- It’s a nominative absolute clause, which allows us to put “with” before “each” optionally.
- 2.
- ” I see no problems with this analysis.
- ( allows us to put ...
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deepcosmosam I OK to parse as follows;
1. It’s a nominative absolute clause, which allows us to put “with” before “each” optionally.
2. It can be paraphrased into “, and each nut takes one to three minutes (for the squirrels) to conceal.”
I see no problems with this analysis.
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