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Listenever Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Is this a participle cause?
In an ABC news report, a reporter said the following:
"Finally, Garner is placed on a stretcher and taken by ambulance to a local hospital. About an hour later, he is pronounced dead. Ruled a homicide, the medical examiner's report did note that Garner's health conditions, like asthma and heart disease, also led to his death."
The video is shown below and the quote starts at 4:28.
If the transcription above is correct, I'd like to know what the grammatical function of the phrase "Ruled a homicide" really is.
To me it seems like a participle clause, but "the medical examiner's report" itself is not "ruled a homicide". If anything, it's the death of Garner that is "ruled a homicide", isn't it?
If so, how could it be a participle clause? If it's not a participle clause, what is it?
"Finally, Garner is placed on a stretcher and taken by ambulance to a local hospital. About an hour later, he is pronounced dead. Ruled a homicide, the medical examiner's report did note that Garner's health conditions, like asthma and heart disease, also led to his death."
The video is shown below and the quote starts at 4:28.
If the transcription above is correct, I'd like to know what the grammatical function of the phrase "Ruled a homicide" really is.
To me it seems like a participle clause, but "the medical examiner's report" itself is not "ruled a homicide". If anything, it's the death of Garner that is "ruled a homicide", isn't it?
If so, how could it be a participle clause? If it's not a participle clause, what is it?
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listenever To me it seems like a participle clause, but "the medical examiner's report" itself is not "ruled a homicide". If anything, it's the death of Garner that is "ruled a homicide", isn't it? Right.
- listenever To me it seems like a participle clause, but "the medical examiner's report" itself is not "ruled a homicide".
- If anything, it's the death of Garner that is "ruled a homicide", isn't it?
- Right.
- It's a typical mistake called a dangling participle.
- CJ
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listeneverTo me it seems like a participle clause, but "the medical examiner's report" itself is not "ruled a homicide". If anything, it's the death of Garner that is "ruled a homicide", isn't it?Right. It's a typical mistake called a dangling participle.
CJ
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Thanks, CJ.
Grammaticality aside, I should have to assume that the meaning of the phrase was clear enough at least to the reporter's ears.
If so, is it because "his death" (thing which is ruled a homicide) was specifically mentioned in the sentence, albeit at the end, that the "dangling" participle could have passed muster at least for the reporter himself?
Or is
Grammaticality aside, I should have to assume that the meaning of the phrase was clear enough at least to the reporter's ears.
If so, is it because "his death" (thing which is ruled a homicide) was specifically mentioned in the sentence, albeit at the end, that the "dangling" participle could have passed muster at least for the reporter himself?
Or is
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listeneverOne other thing is, what if I moved the phrase to the end of the sentence?"Finally, Garner is placed on a stretcher and taken by ambulance to a local hospital. About an hour later, he is pronounced dead. The medical examiner's report did note that Garner's health conditions, like asthma and heart disease, also led to his death, ruled a homicide."Would this phras
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