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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
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Squinting Modifier
Typically, during a time when women had a narrow range of choices, Mary Baker Eddy became a distinguished writer and the founder, architect, and builder of a growing church.
Is typically a squinting modifier ? I think it can refer to had as well as become
Please confirm.
Is typically a squinting modifier ? I think it can refer to had as well as become
Please confirm.
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It's not 'squinting' because it is not between two possible referents. Since it is fronted, I read it as a sentential adverb, modifying the whole statement. What is typical, however, about Eddy's feat eludes me: does the rest of the context make clear that she was an extraordinary person and accomplished many feats 'outside the box'?
- It's not 'squinting' because it is not between two possible referents.
- Since it is fronted, I read it as a sentential adverb, modifying the whole statement.
- What is typical, however, about Eddy's feat eludes me: does the rest of the context make clear that she was an extraordinary person and accomplished many feats 'outside the box'?
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It's not 'squinting' because it is not between two possible referents. Since it is fronted, I read it as a sentential adverb, modifying the whole statement. What is typical, however, about Eddy's feat eludes me: does the rest of the context make clear that she was an extraordinary person and accomplished many feats 'outside the box'?
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