Embedded
Embedded in the pancreas are the islets of Langerhans, which secrete into the blood the hormones insulin and glucagon.
I saw the above definition for "pancreas" in Oxford Dictionary.
What sort of structure is "embedded...Langerhans"?
Is the subject "the islets of Langerhans"?
Is "embedded in the pancreas" past participle phrase function as predicative complement?
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The base sentence is The islets of Langerhans are embedded in the pancreas, which secrete ... The writer wants to say more about the islets of Langerhans ( They secrete some hormones ), but he can't add that after pancreas because it's supposed to modify islets of Langerhans , not pancreas . In order to get the modifying clause ( which secrete ...
- The base sentence is The islets of Langerhans are embedded in the pancreas, which secrete ...
- The writer wants to say more about the islets of Langerhans ( They secrete some hormones ), but he can't add that after pancreas because it's supposed to modify islets of Langerhans , not pancreas .
- In order to get the modifying clause ( which secrete ...
- ) next to the noun it modifies, the writer changes the order of the first clause, so T he islets of Langerhans are embedded in the pancreas , ...
- is inverted to create Embedded in the pancreas are the islets of Langerhans , ...
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The base sentence is
The islets of Langerhans are embedded in the pancreas, which secrete ...
The writer wants to say more about the islets of Langerhans (They secrete some hormones), but he can't add that after pancreas because it's supposed to modify islets of Langerhans, not pancreas.
In order to get the modifying clause (which secrete
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