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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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switching positions
1. The government yesterday announced to the media plans to create a million new jobs.
2. The government yesterday announced plans to the media to create a million new jobs.
Q) Is the underlined thought to be one chunk in meaning? So if "plans" is moved like in #2, the sentence changes its meaning from #1?
2. The government yesterday announced plans to the media to create a million new jobs.
Q) Is the underlined thought to be one chunk in meaning? So if "plans" is moved like in #2, the sentence changes its meaning from #1?
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moon7296 Q) Is the underlined thought to be one chunk in meaning? Yes, in that it a noun followed by a modifier. moon7296 So if "plans" is moved like in #2, the sentence changes its meaning from #1?
- moon7296 Q) Is the underlined thought to be one chunk in meaning?
- Yes, in that it a noun followed by a modifier.
- moon7296 So if "plans" is moved like in #2, the sentence changes its meaning from #1?
- No, the meaning would be read as the same.
- However, this structure is awkward.
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moon7296Q) Is the underlined thought to be one chunk in meaning?Yes, in that it a noun followed by a modifier.
moon7296 So if "plans" is moved like in #2, the sentence changes its meaning from #1?No, the meaning would be read as the same. However, this structure is awkward.
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