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Seagull Posted 10 years ago
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Regarding the sentence below:
Environmentalists dislike the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming.
Q1 Does the phrase "the enormous amounts of" just modify the noun "energy"? Or does it also modify "waste"?
Q2 Does the prepositional phrase "by conventional farming" only modify "created" (i.e., forming the chunk "waste created by conventional")? Or does it also modify "needed" (i.e., forming the chunks "energy needed by conventional farming" and "waste created by conventional farming) ?
Environmentalists dislike the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming.
Q1 Does the phrase "the enormous amounts of" just modify the noun "energy"? Or does it also modify "waste"?
Q2 Does the prepositional phrase "by conventional farming" only modify "created" (i.e., forming the chunk "waste created by conventional")? Or does it also modify "needed" (i.e., forming the chunks "energy needed by conventional farming" and "waste created by conventional farming) ?
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seagull Q1 Does the phrase "the enormous amounts of" just modify the noun "energy"? Or does it also modify "waste"? Both; that's why 'amounts' is plural.
- seagull Q1 Does the phrase "the enormous amounts of" just modify the noun "energy"?
- Or does it also modify "waste"?
- Both; that's why 'amounts' is plural.
- , forming the chunk "waste created by conventional")?
- Or does it also modify "needed" It modifies both.
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seagullQ1 Does the phrase "the enormous amounts of" just modify the noun "energy"? Or does it also modify "waste"?Both; that's why 'amounts' is plural.
seagullQ2 Does the prepositional phrase "by conventional farming" only modify "created" (i.e., forming the chunk "waste created by conventional")? Or does it also modify "needed"
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