Problem understanding a syntactic structure.
Hello, there. I need help from a syntax specialist to decipher the following statement:
"Care and treatment may include laboratory, radiology and other testing; evaluation and routine medical, surgical, nursing and other patient care, therapy and procedures."
I find this structure very complex with clauses within clauses. The firs part is not that hard to follow: "Care and treatment may include laboratory, radiology and other testing", but the second one blows my mind away: "evaluation and routine medical, surgical, nursing and other patient care, therapy and procedures." There might actually be a grammatical error in this construction, although I cannot tell for sure.
Is there anyone who could help dissect its syntax. It would be very much appreciated.
Top answer
" It is a simple sentence with no dependent clauses. It is poorly written with incorrect punctuation. " Basically, it is this: Care and treatment may include A; B, C and D.
- " It is a simple sentence with no dependent clauses.
- It is poorly written with incorrect punctuation.
- " Basically, it is this: Care and treatment may include A; B, C and D.
- Where: A: laboratory, radiology and other testing; This is a noun phrase.
- " There are laboratory tests, radiology tests and other tests.
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"Care and treatment may include laboratory, radiology and other testing; evaluation and routine medical, surgical, nursing and other patient care, therapy and procedures."
It is a simple sentence with no dependent clauses. It is poorly written with incorrect punctuation. The problem is the complicated object of the verb "include." Basically, it is this:
Care and treatment may in
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