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Guyper Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Please find enclosed a cheque for 100 dollars

"Please find enclosed a cheque for 100 dollars"

Hi, did enclosed, which belongs to adjective group only, serve as an adverb in this sentence even though the adverb is never mentioned in dictionaries when you look the word up?

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It is not a well-structured sentence, grammatically speaking. The writer intended to mean this: Please find that there is a cheque for 100 dollars enclosed . (participial, post-modifier) Please find that I have enclosed a cheque for 100 dollars.

  • It is not a well-structured sentence, grammatically speaking.
  • The writer intended to mean this: Please find that there is a cheque for 100 dollars enclosed .
  • (participial, post-modifier) Please find that I have enclosed a cheque for 100 dollars.
  • (full clause)
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It is not a well-structured sentence, grammatically speaking.

The writer intended to mean this:

Please find that there is a cheque for 100 dollars enclosed . (participial, post-modifier)
Please find that I have enclosed a cheque for 100 dollars. (full clause)

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