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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
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The volume of crabs being caught by fishermen in the West Sea has plunged over the past yea.
The volume of crabs being caught by fishermen in the West Sea has plunged over the past yea.
I saw the sentence in a news article and I was wondering if being caught by fishermen West Sea modifies crabs behind like crabs (which are) being caught by fishermen in the West Sea or crabs functions as a subject in meaning like 'I object to the car (the car's) being painted in green'?
Or are both possible and there is no meaning difference either way?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
I saw the sentence in a news article and I was wondering if being caught by fishermen West Sea modifies crabs behind like crabs (which are) being caught by fishermen in the West Sea or crabs functions as a subject in meaning like 'I object to the car (the car's) being painted in green'?
Or are both possible and there is no meaning difference either way?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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Hans51 are both possible No. Only your first interpretation. Your second interpretation would have "volume of being caught" as part of the sentence, and that is impossible.
- Hans51 are both possible No.
- Only your first interpretation.
- Your second interpretation would have "volume of being caught" as part of the sentence, and that is impossible.
- CJ
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Hans51are both possibleNo. Only your first interpretation.
Your second interpretation would have "volume of being caught" as part of the sentence, and that is impossible.
CJ
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