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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The role of a participle phrase
It is a set of data that is sent by a user of the services of a given layer, and is transmitted semantically unchanged to a peer service user.
I'd like to know whether "semantically unchanged" modifies "a set of data" or "is transmitted."
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know whether "semantically unchanged" modifies "a set of data" or "is transmitted."
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Generally speaking, "is adverb transmitted" would modify "is transmitted", however it could be "is transmitted adverb " to add emphasis. Likewise, " adverb unchanged" is standard, but again "unchanged adverb " adds emphasis. As we can see in your sentence, it's can be unclear, even to native speakers.
- Generally speaking, "is adverb transmitted" would modify "is transmitted", however it could be "is transmitted adverb " to add emphasis.
- Likewise, " adverb unchanged" is standard, but again "unchanged adverb " adds emphasis.
- As we can see in your sentence, it's can be unclear, even to native speakers.
- A short answer though: when read in a neutral tone, it modifies "unchanged".
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Generally speaking, "is adverb transmitted" would modify "is transmitted", however it could be "is transmitted adverb" to add emphasis.
Likewise, "adverb unchanged" is standard, but again "unchanged adverb" adds emphasis.
As we can see in your sentence, it's can be unclear, even to native speakers.
A short answer though: when read in a neu
Likewise, "adverb unchanged" is standard, but again "unchanged adverb" adds emphasis.
As we can see in your sentence, it's can be unclear, even to native speakers.
A short answer though: when read in a neu
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elegantenglishA short answer though: when read in a neutral tone, it modifies "unchanged".I agree. It seems that the adverb "semantically" has stronger collocation with "unchanged" than with "transmitted" here.
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The word unchanged is a past participle functioning as an adjective, This adjective is modified by the adverb semantically. The adjective phrase semantically unchanged modifies the noun phrase set of data.
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elegantenglishAs we can see in your sentence, it's can be unclear, even to native speakers.Provided they understand the word semantically, native speakers will have no problems with this. If an adverb were modifying the verb, it would need to be separated from a the adjective by a comma - It was sent hurriedly, unchanged.
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