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Idiom & Modifiers 21 Aug 2007, 14:17
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Which sentence is correct and why is the other wrong?

1. Participial phrases must be placed as close to the nouns they modify as possible.
2. Participial phrases must be placed as close as possible to the nouns they modify.



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Idiom & Modifiers 21 Aug 2007, 14:31
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Which sentence is correct and why is the other wrong?

1. Participial phrases must be placed as close to the nouns they modify as possible.
2. Participial phrases must be placed as close as possible to the nouns they modify.
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I think (1) is correct.
(1) clearly stated that the phrases must be close to the noun. For (2), it sounds like two phases should be together instead of the noun.
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Idiom & Modifiers 21 Aug 2007, 15:07
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I say 2. Yippee my 400th post
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Idiom & Modifiers 21 Aug 2007, 17:12
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I'd say they're both wrong

as X as usually is a comparator

He is as strong as Steven.

(Comparator)

But I dont know....



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