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Spooner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Using past participle.

"In the post-independence era riddled with social unrest, ~~~~."

I am not sure whether using the past participle "riddled" and what follows it to modify the era was appropriate.

Does the whole phrase scan well? or Does it sound a bit off?

Thanks.
  

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It should be either: "In a post-independence era riddled with social unrest....", or, "In the post-independence era, an era riddled with social unrest..."
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Spooner ~~."


I am not sure whether using the past participle "riddled" and what follows it to modify the era was appropriate.

Does the whole phrase scan well? or Does it sound a bit off?

Thanks.
It looked ok to me. You can look at it this way. It is a compound adverbial construction, two phrases stacked together "In the post-in
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