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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The inserted adverbial past participle
Another attack method, plofkraak, is to seal all openings of the ATM with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicone and fill the vault with a combustible gas or to place an explosive inside, attached, or near the ATM. This gas or explosive is ignited and the vault is opened or distorted by the force of the resulting explosion and the criminals can break in.
I'd like to know whether the inserted adverbial past participle "attached" modifies "place an explosive inside or near the ATM."
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know whether the inserted adverbial past participle "attached" modifies "place an explosive inside or near the ATM."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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No, "attached" is simply one of a series of modifiers: inside, attached, near The implied wording is inside the ATM, attached to the ATM near the ATM
- No, "attached" is simply one of a series of modifiers: inside, attached, near The implied wording is inside the ATM, attached to the ATM near the ATM
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No, "attached" is simply one of a series of modifiers:
inside, attached, near
The implied wording is
inside the ATM,
attached to the ATM
near the ATM
inside, attached, near
The implied wording is
inside the ATM,
attached to the ATM
near the ATM
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Thank you, Doctor D, for your kind answer. 
I think both "inside" and "near" has been used as adverbs with modifying the clause.
I think both "inside" and "near" has been used as adverbs with modifying the clause.
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It plays the same role as the other two. However, it is in a different form. The wording would have been less confusing if it had used a strict parallel. This is how that would look:
...or to attach an explosive inside, upon, or near the ATM.
...or to attach an explosive inside, upon, or near the ATM.
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Thank you, Doctor D, for your continuing support.
Then, I'd like to know whether in my example, you think "attached (to)" is us
Then, I'd like to know whether in my example, you think "attached (to)" is us
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I am not a grammarian, however, I would say that no, "attached" is not being used here as the complement of "place." The explosive is the complement (the direct object of the verb "place"). Attached (like "inside" and "near") is used as an adverb modifying "place."
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