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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Participle (participial construction)

1. Clouds form and are pulled to the edges, creating the familiar funnel shape of a tornado.

Q1) Can the underline in #1 be rephrased as "Clouds form..., and created(#1) the familiar ...."? or "Clouds form..., and clouds(they) created(#2) the familiar...."? or "Clouds form..., which created(#3) the familiar ...."?

2. Eventually, a tonado develops touching down on the ground and potentially causing a great deal of death and destruction.

Q2) How can the underlines be rephrased? considering my question #1?
  

Top answer

Q1 - 'which created' is the most precise rephrasing. '

  • Q1 - 'which created' is the most precise rephrasing.
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Q1 - 'which created' is the most precise rephrasing.
Q2 - 'A tornado develops and then touches down and potentially causes...'
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Thank you for a quick answer.

Q1) Does "which created" modify only the noun(the edges) that precedeS it or the whole preceding clause(Clouds form and are pulled to the edges)?

Q2) I have had a difficulty getting to know this kind of structure because the structure(~ing) can be rephrased as which + verb etc.
The important thing is contexts of the sentences, isn't it?
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Q1 - The whole clause.
Q2 - Yes, indeed.

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