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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Modifier

In the following sentence,
I was busted for j-walking with my friend. With my friend modifies being busted or simply j-walking?
  

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Anonymous Does “w ith my friend ” modify “was busted ” or simply “jaywalking” ? It modifies jaywalking , which implies that you wouldn’t have been busted if your friend hadn’t been with you. Presumably, your friend was also busted, so say My friend and I were busted for jaywalking.

— RandomGuy

  • Anonymous Does “w ith my friend ” modify “was busted ” or simply “jaywalking” ?
  • It modifies jaywalking , which implies that you wouldn’t have been busted if your friend hadn’t been with you.
  • Presumably, your friend was also busted, so say My friend and I were busted for jaywalking.
  • I’ve never heard of anyone getting busted for jaywalking, though.
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AnonymousDoes “with my friend” modify “was busted” or simply “jaywalking”?
It modifies jaywalking, which implies that you wouldn’t have been busted if your friend hadn’t been with you. Presumably, your friend was also busted, so say My friend and I were busted for jaywalking.

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