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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
prepositional phrases
In the sentence "It is a highly unusual form of melody, one that occurs only in this composer's work", what is the referent of the pronoun 'one'? Is it 'melody' or the entire prepositional phrase 'form of melody'? Or, perhaps the referent is the subject of the sentence, 'it'? I frequently hear the rule that the referent has to be the prior proximate noun.
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Strict grammarians would probably have a great time debating whether the referent is form or melody . For me, what makes the most sense is the phrase form of melody .
- Strict grammarians would probably have a great time debating whether the referent is form or melody .
- For me, what makes the most sense is the phrase form of melody .
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Strict grammarians would probably have a great time debating whether the referent is form or melody. For me, what makes the most sense is the phrase form of melody.
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