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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
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What does "against" modify in this sentence?

- The army of Israel is far more superior to the armies of the Palestinians; the Palestinians do not stand a chance against the military might of Israel.


1. Is the sentence above correct English?

2. What does "against" modify in the sentence? Stand? or a chance?

I think the sentence is correct English, and "against" seems to modify "stand", not "a chance".

Am I right?

  

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fire1 - The army of Israel is far more superior to the armies of the Palestinians; the Palestinians do not stand a chance against the military might of Israel. 1. Is the sentence above correct English?

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  • fire1 - The army of Israel is far more superior to the armies of the Palestinians; the Palestinians do not stand a chance against the military might of Israel.
  • 1.
  • Is the sentence above correct English?
  • The part that you have highlighted is correct, but "far more superior to" is not.
  • "superior" is already a comparative, so it does not also need "more".
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fire1- The army of Israel is far more superior to the armies of the Palestinians; the Palestinians do not stand a chance against the military might of Israel.
1. Is the sentence above correct English?

The part that you have highlighted is correct, but "far more superior to" is not. "superior" is already a comparative, so it does not also n

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fire1

- The army of Israel is far more superior to the armies of the Palestinians; the Palestinians do not stand a chance against the military might of Israel.

1. Is the sentence above correct English?2. What does "against" modify in the sentence? Stand? or a chance?

I think the sentence is correct English, and "against" seems to modify "stand"

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fire12. What does "against" modify in the sentence? Stand? or a chance?

Since there seems to be some confusion, I wonder whether you may be able to clarify what you are asking here. Are you asking whether, in "stand a chance against X", the phrase "against X" describes how "standing" is done or describes what kind of

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fire1the Palestinians do not stand a chance against the military might of Israel.

Another country heard from.

"against the military might of Israel" does not modify or describe either "stand" or "chance". It introduces the situation in which the whole preceding clause is true. You can think of it as an implicit condition:

If the Palestinian

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