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Jr4869 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
if a conception A is followed by two qualifiers B and C, is it grammatically wrong to view C as an qualifier of B?
Hi, I come across a sentence in a reading passage, it says” The courts have long justified so-called preventive intervention into the lives of young females viewed as antisocial with the rationale that woman are especially vulnerable.”
a:Preventive intervention
b: into the lives of young females
c: viewed as antisocial
I now understand that this sentence means preventive intervention is viewed as antisocial and it is about working into the lives of young females. Both B and C are the qualifiers of A. But, is there any ambiguity? Or It must be interpreted this way according to the grammar? Is it grammatically wrong to think it is the females who are viewed as antisocial? Or, it is grammatically OK but one need to interpret a sentence according to its most reasonable meaning?
Furthermore, I wish somebody please could tell me whether it is OK to do it in my own writing. If I mentioned a concept A, followed by B, which is followed by C to qualify B, does that make it a wrong sentence?
Thank you every one for your time and patience watching through this horribly written paragraph. Thank you guys.
a:Preventive intervention
b: into the lives of young females
c: viewed as antisocial
I now understand that this sentence means preventive intervention is viewed as antisocial and it is about working into the lives of young females. Both B and C are the qualifiers of A. But, is there any ambiguity? Or It must be interpreted this way according to the grammar? Is it grammatically wrong to think it is the females who are viewed as antisocial? Or, it is grammatically OK but one need to interpret a sentence according to its most reasonable meaning?
Furthermore, I wish somebody please could tell me whether it is OK to do it in my own writing. If I mentioned a concept A, followed by B, which is followed by C to qualify B, does that make it a wrong sentence?
Thank you every one for your time and patience watching through this horribly written paragraph. Thank you guys.
Top answer
” There is no ambiguity. The courts allow this practice (preventative intervention). The people affected are young women who have been determined to be "antisocial".
- ” There is no ambiguity.
- The courts allow this practice (preventative intervention).
- The people affected are young women who have been determined to be "antisocial".
- The reason is that women are usually victims and need protection.
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The courts have long justified so-called preventive intervention into the lives of young females who are viewed as antisocial with the rationale that woman are especially vulnerable.”
There is no ambiguity.
The courts allow this practice (preventative intervention).
The people affected are young women who have been determined to be "antisocial".
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There is no ambiguity.
The courts allow this practice (preventative intervention).
The people affected are young women who have been determined to be "antisocial".
Th
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I now understand that this sentence means preventive intervention is viewed as antisocial No.
Parse it this way.
” The courts have long justified so-called preventive intervention into the lives of ( young females who are viewed as antisocial
Parse it this way.
” The courts have long justified so-called preventive intervention into the lives of ( young females who are viewed as antisocial
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