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24 Jun 2010, 22:36
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I studied modifiers this morning and found some interesting stuffs.
Read this first: https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/po ... tml#p35386
Then:
Summative modifier: https://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/summa ... erterm.htm
A modifier (usually a noun phrase) that appears at the end of a sentence and serves to summarize the idea of the main clause.
Here are two sentences that contrast relative clauses and summative modifiers. Notice how the which in the first one feels 'tacked on':
Economic changes have reduced Russian population growth to less than zero which will have serious social implications.
Economic changes have reduced Russian population growth to less than zero, a demographic event that will have serious social implications.
Resumptivie Modifier: https://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/resum ... erterm.htm
A modifier that repeats a key word at the end of a sentence and then adds informative or descriptive details related to that word.
Since mature writers often use resumptive modifiers to extend a sentence, we need a word to name what I am about to do in this sentence, a sentence that I could have ended at that comma, but extended to show how resumptive modifiers work."
The reader assumes from such messages that the writer has certain doubts, doubts that perhaps others may have, thus connecting, as possible fellow doubters, the writer and the reader.
Building a sentence with appositive https://grammar.about.com/od/basicsente ... sitive.htm
Read this first: https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/po ... tml#p35386
Then:
Summative modifier: https://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/summa ... erterm.htm
A modifier (usually a noun phrase) that appears at the end of a sentence and serves to summarize the idea of the main clause.
Here are two sentences that contrast relative clauses and summative modifiers. Notice how the which in the first one feels 'tacked on':
Economic changes have reduced Russian population growth to less than zero which will have serious social implications.
Economic changes have reduced Russian population growth to less than zero, a demographic event that will have serious social implications.
Resumptivie Modifier: https://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/resum ... erterm.htm
A modifier that repeats a key word at the end of a sentence and then adds informative or descriptive details related to that word.
Since mature writers often use resumptive modifiers to extend a sentence, we need a word to name what I am about to do in this sentence, a sentence that I could have ended at that comma, but extended to show how resumptive modifiers work."
The reader assumes from such messages that the writer has certain doubts, doubts that perhaps others may have, thus connecting, as possible fellow doubters, the writer and the reader.
Building a sentence with appositive https://grammar.about.com/od/basicsente ... sitive.htm
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28 Jun 2010, 23:52
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As part of your modifiers review, you might also want to (re)learn the subtleties with appositives (noun modifiers) and absolute phrases (clause modifiers)
Appositives:
https://grammar.about.com/od/grammarfaq/ ... sitive.htm
Absolute Phrases:
https://grammar.about.com/od/basicsenten ... utephr.htm
I also like how MGMAT goes over these topics. Check those sections out again.
Appositives:
https://grammar.about.com/od/grammarfaq/ ... sitive.htm
Absolute Phrases:
https://grammar.about.com/od/basicsenten ... utephr.htm
I also like how MGMAT goes over these topics. Check those sections out again.
