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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Structure of a phrase and usage of a comma
There's also a regular performance featuring traditional Mongolian throat-singing, a Unesco-listed intangible cultural asset, accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing.
I have seen it in a news article and I have a problem understanding and analyzing the structure of ',accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing'.
I think that the phrase modifies 'asset' or does it modify others like 'performance' or something?
And I think that the comma, ', accompanied by...' is not needed.
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
I have seen it in a news article and I have a problem understanding and analyzing the structure of ',accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing'.
I think that the phrase modifies 'asset' or does it modify others like 'performance' or something?
And I think that the comma, ', accompanied by...' is not needed.
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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I read the part between the commas as paranthetical. In other words, the core sentence is: There's also a regular performance featuring traditional Mongolian throat-singing accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing. And then also the information is given that Mongolian throat singing is a Unesco-listed intangible cultural asset.
- I read the part between the commas as paranthetical.
- In other words, the core sentence is: There's also a regular performance featuring traditional Mongolian throat-singing accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing.
- And then also the information is given that Mongolian throat singing is a Unesco-listed intangible cultural asset.
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I read the part between the commas as paranthetical. In other words, the core sentence is:
There's also a regular performance featuring traditional Mongolian throat-singing accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing.
And then also the information is given that Mongolian throat singing is a Unesco-listed intangible cultural asset.
There's also a regular performance featuring traditional Mongolian throat-singing accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing.
And then also the information is given that Mongolian throat singing is a Unesco-listed intangible cultural asset.
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GPYThere's also a regular performance featuring traditional Mongolian throat-singing accompanied by traditional instruments and dancing.Thank you so much!
All of a sudden, I was wondering if I can put a comma between 'throat-singing' and 'accompanied' like 'throat-singing, accompanied by...' and I think that it comes from non-def
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Hans51And then is there a meaning difference between them?The difference is negligible or hair-splitting.
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1) There's also a regular performance featuring traditional Mongolian throat-singing, accompanied by refreshments.
2) There's also a regular performance featuring traditional Mongolian throat-singing accompanied by refreshments.
In this case I prefer (1) because the refreshments are not part of the performance.
In your example it is assumed anyway that the tradi
2) There's also a regular performance featuring traditional Mongolian throat-singing accompanied by refreshments.
In this case I prefer (1) because the refreshments are not part of the performance.
In your example it is assumed anyway that the tradi
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