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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
participial phrase/ connection
1. The Arctic Ocean averages about two miles deep, freely circulating, connected to the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, all cold saltwater.
Q1) Is the idea of the sentence #1 like this?
The Arctic Ocean averages about two miles deep
It freely circulates.
It is connected to the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.
They are all cold saltwater.
Q2) What is "all cold saltwater?" Is it connected to "The Arctic Ocean" or "the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans?"
Is it a apositive structure?
Q1) Is the idea of the sentence #1 like this?
The Arctic Ocean averages about two miles deep
It freely circulates.
It is connected to the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.
They are all cold saltwater.
Q2) What is "all cold saltwater?" Is it connected to "The Arctic Ocean" or "the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans?"
Is it a apositive structure?
Top answer
The sentence seems to be lacking a proper grammatical structure, and is quite poorly phrased in my opinion. On the basis that there seems no reason to call all three oceans "cold", I imagine "all cold saltwater" means that the Arctic Ocean consists entirely of cold saltwater. The rest of your interpretation seems to be correct.
- The sentence seems to be lacking a proper grammatical structure, and is quite poorly phrased in my opinion.
- On the basis that there seems no reason to call all three oceans "cold", I imagine "all cold saltwater" means that the Arctic Ocean consists entirely of cold saltwater.
- The rest of your interpretation seems to be correct.
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The sentence seems to be lacking a proper grammatical structure, and is quite poorly phrased in my opinion. On the basis that there seems no reason to call all three oceans "cold", I imagine "all cold saltwater" means that the Arctic Ocean consists entirely of cold saltwater. The rest of your interpretation seems to be correct.
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