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Hasibrahman Posted 6 years ago
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Outlined with...

? ???????????????? ???????? multicoloured LEDs, Gaur Nath wants to draw attention to the importance of wearing facial protection amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Does "outlined with multicoloured LEDs" indicates passive? What is the meaning of "outlined with" here?




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It looks to me like the mask is outlined with LEDs, not the whole person known as Gaur Nath . If I'm right about this, then the sentence is technically incorrect. The initial participle clause should apply to the subject of the main clause (Gaur Nath), not to something not even explicitly mentioned in the sentence (the mask).

  • It looks to me like the mask is outlined with LEDs, not the whole person known as Gaur Nath .
  • If I'm right about this, then the sentence is technically incorrect.
  • The initial participle clause should apply to the subject of the main clause (Gaur Nath), not to something not even explicitly mentioned in the sentence (the mask).
  • This can be fixed by supplying a subject for the participle clause: His mask outlined with multicoloured LEDs, Gaur Nath wants to ...
  • Hasibrahman Does "outlined with multicoloured LEDs" indicates indicate passive?
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It looks to me like the mask is outlined with LEDs, not the whole person known as Gaur Nath.

If I'm right about this, then the sentence is technically incorrect. The initial participle clause should apply to the subject of the main clause (Gaur Nath), not to something not even explicitly mentioned in the sentence (the mask).

This can be fixed by supplying a su

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