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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
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Ridiculously convoluted

am reading "DOG MAN three stories in one DAV PILKEY" .
...and ridiculously convoluted plot lines.
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He is in year 2. What does "ridiculously" mean here?
How do we know that convoluted is not a verb and adjective?

  

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Jigneshbharati [ridiculously convoluted plot lines]. The bracketed part is a unit of meaning. It ends with a noun ( lines ).

  • Jigneshbharati [ridiculously convoluted plot lines].
  • The bracketed part is a unit of meaning.
  • It ends with a noun ( lines ).
  • Everything before that noun has something to do with modifying that noun.
  • 'plot' is a noun, too, but it modifies 'lines' by telling us what kind of lines the writer is talking about.
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Jigneshbharati [ridiculously convoluted plot lines].

The bracketed part is a unit of meaning. It ends with a noun (lines). Everything before that noun has something to do with modifying that noun.

'plot' is a noun, too, but it modifies 'lines' by telling us what kind of lines the writer is talking about.

'convoluted' is the past partici

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