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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
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Used in tablets

Modified-release dosage and its variants are mechanisms used in tablets (pills) and capsules to dissolve a drug over time in order to be released slower and steadier into the bloodstream while having the advantage of being taken at less frequent intervals than immediate-release (IR) formulations of the same drug.

Is "used in tablets.." a reduced relative clause modifying "mechanisms"?

What is the subject of nonfinite clause "while having..." and what does it modify here?

  

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" a reduced relative clause modifying "mechanisms"? Modified-release dosage and its variants are mechanisms used in tablets (pills) and capsules to dissolve a drug over time ... No, it's not a relative clause but a past-participial clause modifying "mechanisms".

— BillJ

  • " a reduced relative clause modifying "mechanisms"?
  • Modified-release dosage and its variants are mechanisms used in tablets (pills) and capsules to dissolve a drug over time ...
  • No, it's not a relative clause but a past-participial clause modifying "mechanisms".
  • It has a similar meaning to the relative clause that are used in tablets and pills, but it's not called a relative clause since there is no possibility of it containing a relative phrase (cf.
  • * mechanisms that used in tablets and pills).
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JigneshbharatiIs "used in tablets.." a reduced relative clause modifying "mechanisms"?

Modified-release dosage and its variants are mechanisms used in tablets (pills) and capsules to dissolve a drug over time ...

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Jigneshbharati... mechanisms used in tablets (pills)...
Is "used in tablets" a reduced relative clause modifying "mechanisms"?

Yes. mechanisms which are used in tablets (pills)

JigneshbharatiWhat is the subject of nonfinite clause "while having..."
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