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Sarunnio Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Modifying phrase

The initial state vector contains one entry for each state, reflecting the probability that a person appears for the first time in that region in space.

From the above example sentence,
I'd like to know what part of speech the phrase "reflecting the probability that a person appears for the first time in that region in space" is and which noun in the main clause the mentioned phrase modifies?

Any advise would be very much appreciated.
  

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Sarunnio I'd like to know what part of speech the phrase "reflecting the probability that a person appears for the first time in that region in space" is "Part of speech" applies only to a single word, not to a phrase. What you've quoted there is a participle clause. It seems to give additional information about the one "entry", but it may actually modify "vector".

— CalifJim

  • Sarunnio I'd like to know what part of speech the phrase "reflecting the probability that a person appears for the first time in that region in space" is "Part of speech" applies only to a single word, not to a phrase.
  • What you've quoted there is a participle clause.
  • It seems to give additional information about the one "entry", but it may actually modify "vector".
  • It's hard to know without knowing more about vectors and entries and all of those technical terms.
  • My best guess is that it modifies "vector".
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SarunnioI'd like to know what part of speech the phrase "reflecting the probability that a person appears for the first time in that region in space" is
"Part of speech" applies only to a single word, not to a phrase.

What you've quoted there is a participle clause. It seems to give additional information about the one "entry", but it may actually mo
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