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Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
For possible locations of Modifiers in a Sentence ?
Please look at these 2 sentences.
[1]"You may return for full credit any merchandise with which you are not satisfied."
[2]"A delay in construction due to adverse weather conditions has put the entire project behind schedule."
In usual, adjectives and adverbs are modifying nouns and verbs in front of them.
Like this.
eg A beautiful woman
eg I will definitely do it.
But for modifiers like preposition clauses or adverbial phrases,
Normally, we can put out them either in the very front or in the very last of a sentence. Am I right ?
I've wanted to know where else I can put these modifier in a sentence because sometimes I want to express my thought by such forms.
Now I think I find it. Please confirm it.
"It depends what the adverbial phrase is modifying. There is no rule like the cases of adjectives and adverbs."
For example,
In[1] sentence, "For full credit" modifies the verb of "return". In[2] sentence, "due to adverse weather conditions" modifies the noun of "A delay".
So we can place these phrases in the nearest from words which have got modified but we normally put them after the words being modified unlike adjectives and adverbs.
Am I right ? Please confirm it. Thanks in advance.
[1]"You may return for full credit any merchandise with which you are not satisfied."
[2]"A delay in construction due to adverse weather conditions has put the entire project behind schedule."
In usual, adjectives and adverbs are modifying nouns and verbs in front of them.
Like this.
eg A beautiful woman
eg I will definitely do it.
But for modifiers like preposition clauses or adverbial phrases,
Normally, we can put out them either in the very front or in the very last of a sentence. Am I right ?
I've wanted to know where else I can put these modifier in a sentence because sometimes I want to express my thought by such forms.
Now I think I find it. Please confirm it.
"It depends what the adverbial phrase is modifying. There is no rule like the cases of adjectives and adverbs."
For example,
In[1] sentence, "For full credit" modifies the verb of "return". In[2] sentence, "due to adverse weather conditions" modifies the noun of "A delay".
So we can place these phrases in the nearest from words which have got modified but we normally put them after the words being modified unlike adjectives and adverbs.
Am I right ? Please confirm it. Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Son James But for modifiers like preposition phrases or adverbial phrases, Normally, we can put out them either in the very front or in the very last of a sentence. Am I right ? No, not 'normally'; they have other common positions—as you can see from your examples.
- Son James But for modifiers like preposition phrases or adverbial phrases, Normally, we can put out them either in the very front or in the very last of a sentence.
- Am I right ?
- No, not 'normally'; they have other common positions—as you can see from your examples.
- Son James So we can place these phrases in the nearest from words which have got modified but we normally put them after the words being modified unlike adjectives and adverbs.
- I think that is a decent generalization, yes.
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Son JamesBut for modifiers like preposition phrases or adverbial phrases, Normally, we can put out them either in the very front or in the very last of a sentence. Am I right ?No, not 'normally'; they have other common positions—as you can see from your examples.
Son JamesSo we can place these phrases in the nearest from words w
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Son Jamesadjectives and adverbs are modifying nouns and verbs in front of them.Adjectives describe noun. They don't modify.
Like this.
eg A beautiful woman
eg I will definitely do it.
Adverbs modify adjectives, verbs, and sometimes clause.
Son James"It depends what the ad
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Ah~ Thank you so much for your kind answers. Now I think I've got it. Thanks again,Mr.Micawber
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Thank you for your kind explanation,Mr.Dimsumexpress. The words that it must be syntactically cohesive should be kept in my mind. Thanks once again,Mr.Dimsumexpress
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dimsumexpressFor full refund, you may return the merchandise.I see nothing wrong with this 'cohesion': the word order is fine and common enough.
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Mr MM,
I didn't say wrong. But I did say "odd". If I were writing this, I would say:
You may return any merchandise for full credit if you are not satisfied with the purchase.
Again, I may perceived the context from a different perspective.
Thanks
I didn't say wrong. But I did say "odd". If I were writing this, I would say:
You may return any merchandise for full credit if you are not satisfied with the purchase.
Again, I may perceived the context from a different perspective.
Thanks
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dimsumexpressAdjectives describe noun. They don't modify.Adjectives describe features, qualities, etc of the person or thing denoted by the noun. It is perfectly acceptable to say that they (pre)modify the noun.
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fivejedjonIt is perfectly acceptable to say that they (pre)modify the noun.I stand corrected. Thanks.
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