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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Participle phrase and comma?
Athletes best demonstrate just how much we can use the entire range of our vision, fanning out to the periphery.
fanning out modify what? Athletes or we or entire range of our vision
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fanning out modify what? Athletes or we or entire range of our vision
Thank you
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Anonymous Athletes or we or entire range of our vision the entire range of our vision CJ
- Anonymous Athletes or we or entire range of our vision the entire range of our vision CJ
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AnonymousAthletes or we or entire range of our visionthe entire range of our vision
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A point about the grammar here.
Adjuncts, such as the one in your example, don't actually modify anything. They are loosely attached expressions that make a separate and omissible extra entailment. Modifiers on the other hand are tightly integrated into the NP, or clause or whatever.
Instead of modifying, this kind of adjunct 'supplements' a part or the whole of the clause that p
Adjuncts, such as the one in your example, don't actually modify anything. They are loosely attached expressions that make a separate and omissible extra entailment. Modifiers on the other hand are tightly integrated into the NP, or clause or whatever.
Instead of modifying, this kind of adjunct 'supplements' a part or the whole of the clause that p
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