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FishWildlifeGuy Posted 15 years ago
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"having just lost the war" - Can this modify a verb?

Hello,

"Colonists were eager to venture into lands that the French vacated having just lost the war."

Is this a correct sentence? Does "having just lost the war" modify vacated? I think it acts like an adverb telling why they vacated the land, but isn't this a participle phrase, which as I understand can only modify nouns or pronouns?

Thanks,

Jason
  

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" Is this a correct sentence? Does "having just lost the war" modify vacated? I think it acts like an adverb telling why they vacated the land, but isn't this a participle phrase, which as I understand can only modify nouns or pronouns?

— Clive

  • " Is this a correct sentence?
  • Does "having just lost the war" modify vacated?
  • I think it acts like an adverb telling why they vacated the land, but isn't this a participle phrase, which as I understand can only modify nouns or pronouns?
  • I t's an adjectival phrase qualifying 'the French'.
  • " Clive
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Hi,

"Colonists were eager to venture into lands that the French vacated having just lost the war."

Is this a correct sentence? Does "having just lost the war" modify vacated? I think it acts like an adverb telling why they vacated the land, but isn't this a participle phrase, which as I understand can only modify nouns or pronouns?

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