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06 Mar 2020, 03:27
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In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
"In two letters to the historian Tacitus" is a modifier, and I want to know what it modifies? "the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote", the whole clause or something else?
Thank you very much!
"In two letters to the historian Tacitus" is a modifier, and I want to know what it modifies? "the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote", the whole clause or something else?
Thank you very much!
06 Mar 2020, 05:30
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In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
"In two letters to the historian Tacitus" is a modifier, and I want to know what it modifies? "the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote", the whole clause or something else?
Thank you very much!
"In two letters to the historian Tacitus" is a modifier, and I want to know what it modifies? "the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote", the whole clause or something else?
Thank you very much!
Prepositional phrases can act as adjective (that modifies a noun) or adverb (that modifies a verb)
In the example mentioned, (https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-nephew-of-pliny-the-elder-wrote-the-only-eyewitness-account-of-the-85872.html)
if the prepositional phrase is put at the end of the sentence ((the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius in two letters to the historian Tacitus )), there will be some ambiguity as the nearest "target" to modify by the prepositional phrase will be "Vesuvius" or "the great eruption", which is nonsense.
"In two letters to the historian Tacitus" should modify the verb "wrote". For this reason, it is better to put the prepositional phrase at the beginning of the sentence to be much near to its target and avoid ambiguity.
refer to this link for more explanation about prepositional phrases:
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/prepositional-phrase/
06 Mar 2020, 22:37
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In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.
"In two letters to the historian Tacitus" is a modifier, and I want to know what it modifies? "the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote", the whole clause or something else?
Thank you very much!
"In two letters to the historian Tacitus" is a modifier, and I want to know what it modifies? "the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote", the whole clause or something else?
Thank you very much!
As prepositional phrase is not core part of the sentence meaning (providing additional information), we can place it other parts of sentence to check what it modifies.
The nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote (In two letters to the historian Tacitus) the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius. - Sounds correct as someone can write something on any medium such as letter. So, it modifies the verb, wrote.
