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Setting a precedent that lasted more than a century,George Washington disappointed the people insisting that he should run for a third term as president.

A.insisting that he should
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Am i correct in my reasoning that verb-ing word placed in a sentence without a comma always modifies the nearest noun.
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Setting a precedent that lasted more than a century,George Washington disappointed the people insisting that he should run for a third term as president.

A.insisting that he should
B.insisting him to
C.and their insistence that he
D.who insisted that he
E.who insisted him to

Am i correct in my reasoning that verb-ing word placed in a sentence without a comma always modifies the nearest noun.
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Hello Stanindaw,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, you are partially correct; the present participle ("verb+ing") without a comma does act upon the nearest noun, but only if it is used as an adjective.

We hope this helps.
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Setting a precedent that lasted more than a century,George Washington disappointed the people insisting that he should run for a third term as president.

A.insisting that he should
B.insisting him to
C.and their insistence that he
D.who insisted that he
E.who insisted him to

Am i correct in my reasoning that verb-ing word placed in a sentence without a comma always modifies the nearest noun.

Hello Stanindaw,

We hope this finds you well.

To answer your query, you are partially correct; the present participle ("verb+ing") without a comma does act upon the nearest noun, but only if it is used as an adjective.

We hope this helps.
All the best!
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Thanks a lot for replying so quickly!
I think in option B the word "insisting" is used as an adjective, is correctly modifying people, and does not create ambiguity in meaning since it cannot refer to G. Washington. So what makes B wrong then?
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