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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
What does "at the molecular level" modify?
I wonder what "at the molecular level" modifies in the sentence below.
I think it modifies "pick".
Making a drug is like trying to pick a lock at the molecular level.
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It's an adjunct that modifies the verb phrase "to pick a lock". I'm not sure how to describe the subtype of adjunct that it is, though there’s a sense in which you could talk of manner.
- It's an adjunct that modifies the verb phrase "to pick a lock".
- I'm not sure how to describe the subtype of adjunct that it is, though there’s a sense in which you could talk of manner.
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It's an adjunct that modifies the verb phrase "to pick a lock".
I'm not sure how to describe the subtype of adjunct that it is, though there’s a sense in which you could talk of manner.
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