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The outspoken abolitionist senator Charles Sumner, after delivering a speech on the senate floor, was accosted by the Southerner Preston Brooks, who, outraged by Sumner’s words, bludgeoned the senator with a gutta-percha cane, an action Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that the laws of the United States did not obtain on the senate floor.
My reasoning was that "an action" must modify an adjacent noun, here "a gutta-percha cane". Since a cane cannot be an action, I thought that this sentence is flawed. However, the OA is that this sentence is correct.
Therefore, can appositive phrases also modify actions/clauses?
My reasoning was that "an action" must modify an adjacent noun, here "a gutta-percha cane". Since a cane cannot be an action, I thought that this sentence is flawed. However, the OA is that this sentence is correct.
Therefore, can appositive phrases also modify actions/clauses?
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The outspoken abolitionist senator Charles Sumner, after delivering a speech on the senate floor, was accosted by the Southerner Preston Brooks, who, outraged by Sumner’s words, bludgeoned the senator with a gutta-percha cane, an action Brooks carried out with impunity, owing to a tradition that held that the laws of the United States did not obtain on the senate floor.
Herea "an action Brooks carried out with impunity" is an absolute phrase( or an absolute modifier or a noun+noun modifier) and not an appositive phrase. Appositive phrases only modify the adjacent nouns, but absolute phrase modify the clause. Here the absolute phrase is modifying the clause " who bludgeoned the senator with a gutta-percha cane"
Herea "an action Brooks carried out with impunity" is an absolute phrase( or an absolute modifier or a noun+noun modifier) and not an appositive phrase. Appositive phrases only modify the adjacent nouns, but absolute phrase modify the clause. Here the absolute phrase is modifying the clause " who bludgeoned the senator with a gutta-percha cane"
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