skamal7 wrote:
Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.
(A) as old as any of their supposed
(B) older than any of their supposed
(C) as old as their supposed
(D) older than any of their supposedly
(E) as old as their supposedly
Here adjective is used. and can you tell me hw to identify whether it is modifying the adjective attached to it or the noun? here it modfies the noun but in the previous question it modifies the adjective.Am nt able to figure that out which one is being modified
B is answer here
Once you eliminate A C E (because they use "2000 years as old as"), you have to choose between supposed and supposedly
(B) older than any of their
supposed (adjective) Mediterranean predecessors.
(D) older than any of their
supposedly (adverb)Mediterranean predecessors.
What can "supposedly" modify? ONLY "Mediterranean ": it's a adverb so cannot refer to a noun.
So D says
supposedly MediterraneanWhat can "supposed" modify? ONLY "predecessors": it's a adjective so MUST refer to a noun.
So D says
supposed predecessorsWhat is the intended meaning ? The sentence tries to say that those monuments are older than the
supposed predecessors, so B is correct.
"Here adjective is used. and can you tell me hw to identify whether it is modifying the adjective attached to it or the noun? "It's an adj, so it MUST refer to the noun. In the above question the adjective refereed to another adjective, and that's why it was wrong.
In the previous question
seeming/seemingly===> unlimited number of antibodieswe had to choose how to modify "unlimited " (an adj), so an adverb was required.
Hope everything is clear