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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Resplendent

Hi, hello, Have a great weekend.

1. He glimpsed Sonia, resplendent in a red dress.



I feel there is ambiguous in this sentence.

Does the adjective phrase modify he or Sonia?

How do you interpret it?

Thank you so much.
  

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Hi, He glimpsed Sonia, resplendent in a red dress. I feel there is ambiguous in this sentence. Does the adjective phrase modify he or Sonia?

  • Hi, He glimpsed Sonia, resplendent in a red dress.
  • I feel there is ambiguous in this sentence.
  • Does the adjective phrase modify he or Sonia?
  • How do you interpret it?
  • Grammar dictates that such a phrase modifies the closest preceding person, which is Sonia.
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Hi,

He glimpsed Sonia, resplendent in a red dress.

I feel there is ambiguous in this sentence.

Does the adjective phrase modify he or Sonia?

How do you interpret it?

Grammar dictates that such a phrase modifies the closest preceding person, which is Sonia.

Thus, there is no grammatical ambiguity.

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