What does this verbal phrase modify
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What does the present participle phrase "deviating from the required temperature range of 200 to 250 degrees Fahrenheit" modify? The word "temperature" or "degrees F"? Or what I'm saying doesnt make any sense?
On Jan 17, during the cook-off of the year, a baker discovered that the temperature in the oven used to bake cakes reached -10 degrees Fahrenheit deviating from the required temperature range of 200 to 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
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confirmmygrammar Or what I'm saying doesnt make any sense? No. It makes sense.
- confirmmygrammar Or what I'm saying doesnt make any sense?
- No.
- It makes sense.
- The only thing that doesn't make sense to me is your description of the participle clause as a modifier.
- It's an extra predicate, I'd say.
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confirmmygrammarOr what I'm saying doesnt make any sense?
No. It makes sense. The only thing that doesn't make sense to me is your description of the participle clause as a modifier. It's an extra predicate, I'd say. Its subject is "temperature". The whole idea is to add more information about the temperature as if you had another sentence that said:
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