Prespotional phrase
Bernouilli's theorem associates lift with the area of higher speed and lower pressure atop the wing. Newtonian principle of action and reaction explains lift as an upward push on the wing from the moving air below.
This is a sentence explaining how airplanes can fly, and I'm curious what "from the moving air below" describes/modifies.
1. Does it describe/modify "an upward push"?, or, if not, "the wing"?
I think it describes/modifies "an upward push".
2. Is the bold part " an upward push on the wing from " grammatically correct?
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fire1 I think it describes/modifies "an upward push". Right. fire1 2.
- fire1 I think it describes/modifies "an upward push".
- Right.
- fire1 2.
- Is the bold part " an upward push on the wing from " grammatically correct?
- Yes, but it is an unfinished fragment.
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fire1I think it describes/modifies "an upward push".
Right.
fire12. Is the bold part " an upward push on the wing from " grammatically correct?
Yes, but it is an unfinished fragment. The phrasing is:
an upward push / on the wing / from the moving air below
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