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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

It is a well-made product which is equipped with lots of functions.

It is a well-made product which is equipped with lots of functions.

In this case, which one does 'which is equipped with lots of functions' modify, 'product' or 'a well-made product'?

Or either one is fine and there is no meaning difference between them?

I hope that my question is clear enough to understand.

Thank you so much as usual.
  

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Hans51 which one does 'which is equipped with lots of functions' modify, 'product' or 'a well-made product'? Just 'product'. The product is well-made.

— CalifJim

  • Hans51 which one does 'which is equipped with lots of functions' modify, 'product' or 'a well-made product'?
  • Just 'product'.
  • The product is well-made.
  • That's one modifier.
  • The product is equipped with lots of functions.
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Hans51which one does 'which is equipped with lots of functions' modify, 'product' or 'a well-made product'?
Just 'product'.

The product is well-made. That's one modifier.
The product is equipped with lots of functions. That's another modifier.

In analyzing noun phrases the modifiers don't often modify other modifiers. The exception is
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Thank you so much and then can I say that an antecedent is 'a product', not 'a well-made product'?
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Hans51Thank you so much and then can I say that an antecedent is 'a product', not 'a well-made product'?
Strictly speaking, the antecedent is just the head of the noun phrase, namely, the one word "product". Everything else clusters around that head. "a" is a determiner, and the other two elements we have already discussed are modifiers.

CJ
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No wonder that there is still a long way to go when it comes to studying English. Thank you so much.

I have one more question to make sure of this issue.

There's also a regular performance featuring traditional Mongolian throat-singing accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing.

Here in the sentence, does 'accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing
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Hans51There's also a regular performance
[featuring
[traditional Mongolian throat-singing
[accompanied by [traditional instruments and dancing]]]
].
I would parse it as shown above.
Hans51does 'accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing' post-modify 'throat-singing' or 'singing' or 'traditional Mongolian throa
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