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Tokyo is, with more than one million inhabitants, the most expensive city in the world.

Tokyo, with more than one million inhabitants, is the most expensive city in the world.

Why is the first sentence correct? with more than one million.... modifies is, not Tokyo.


I don't think "with more than one million" is modifying IS. It is a prepositional phrase that acts as an Adjective and modifies the Noun Tokyo.
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Tokyo is, with more than one million inhabitants, the most expensive city in the world.

Tokyo, with more than one million inhabitants, is the most expensive city in the world.

Why is the first sentence correct? with more than one million.... modifies is, not Tokyo.

I don't think "with more than one million" is modifying IS. It is a prepositional phrase that acts as an Adjective and modifies the Noun Tokyo.

ok that is what i also thought. i picked this sentence from someone elses notes, so whether this is correct is debatable.



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