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Statement: According to committee, Mr Kelly had recorded Jim's statement in a memo
Here, Prepositional phrase "According to committee" is modifying which part of the following clause. Also, I want to know whether a prepositional phrase can modify a clause?
The prepositional modifier modifies the entire clause that follows, because everything mentioned in the following clause was as per the committee.
Can a prepostional phrase modify a clause. --yes, why not? You can see in the following official sentnece
In the sixteenth century, the push for greater precision in measuring time was motivated not by complicated philosophical questions about the nature of matter and the universe, as has been the case more recently, but by the practical matters of navigation . ( This is the correct hocie.) here alo the prpositional phrase at the biginning of the sentnece modifies the entire clause that follows.