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Hafer Posted 13 years ago
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I am looking at a sentence:

"Seven states are classified as sinkhole prone, comprising 30% of the land area of the country. "

I feel that the sentence is not too good, because the participal clause "comprising ...." is too far removed from the noun phrase "seven states". Do native speakers feel the same way?
  

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hafer Seven states are classified as sinkhole prone, comprising 30% of the land area of the country. " is too far removed from the noun phrase "seven states". Do native speakers feel the same way?

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  • hafer Seven states are classified as sinkhole prone, comprising 30% of the land area of the country.
  • " is too far removed from the noun phrase "seven states".
  • Do native speakers feel the same way?
  • Yes, it is better to rewrite the sentence as below.
  • Seven states, comprising 30% of the land area of the country, are classified as sinkhole prone.
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haferSeven states are classified as sinkhole prone, comprising 30% of the land area of the country. "
I feel that the sentence is not too good, because the participal clause "comprising ...." is too far removed from the noun phrase "seven states". Do native speakers feel the same way? Yes, it is better to rewrite the sentence as below.
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