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02 Jan 2019, 17:58
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I am not very sure what the modifier is modifying in the following cases. Can anyone help me out here?
I greeted the boy, playing basketball.
Who is playing basketball? The boy or myself? I think this sentence is grammatically correct but ambiguous. Am I correct? Typically "playing basketball" acts as an adverbial modifier so it means I am playing basketball. But I also found another one from PREP:
Doris Schopper became president of the international council of Médecins sans Frontiéres, known in English as “Doctors Without Borders.”
In this sentence "known xxx" is modifying the noun "MSF" not the preceding independent clause. How can I determine if the participle modifies the preceding noun or entire clause? Thank you in advance.
I greeted the boy, playing basketball.
Who is playing basketball? The boy or myself? I think this sentence is grammatically correct but ambiguous. Am I correct? Typically "playing basketball" acts as an adverbial modifier so it means I am playing basketball. But I also found another one from PREP:
Doris Schopper became president of the international council of Médecins sans Frontiéres, known in English as “Doctors Without Borders.”
In this sentence "known xxx" is modifying the noun "MSF" not the preceding independent clause. How can I determine if the participle modifies the preceding noun or entire clause? Thank you in advance.
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02 Jan 2019, 20:28
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Hi,
I greeted the boy, playing basketball. : In this 'I' greeted d boy while I was playing ;better to write: playing basketball,I greeted the boy.
I greeted the boy playing basketball. in this (without comma) boy is playing. Or ex2 I SAW a man CLEANING the steps.
Look for egmat free videos on V-ing and Ved modifier, for more clarification.Also manhatten SC book also explains this to sm extent.
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Doris Schopper became president of the international council of Médecins sans Frontiéres, known in English as “Doctors Without Borders.”
In this sentence "known xxx" is modifying the noun "MSF" not the preceding independent clause.: corrrect. V-ed clause modifies the noun and not the clause.
I greeted the boy, playing basketball. : In this 'I' greeted d boy while I was playing ;better to write: playing basketball,I greeted the boy.
I greeted the boy playing basketball. in this (without comma) boy is playing. Or ex2 I SAW a man CLEANING the steps.
Look for egmat free videos on V-ing and Ved modifier, for more clarification.Also manhatten SC book also explains this to sm extent.
egmat
Doris Schopper became president of the international council of Médecins sans Frontiéres, known in English as “Doctors Without Borders.”
In this sentence "known xxx" is modifying the noun "MSF" not the preceding independent clause.: corrrect. V-ed clause modifies the noun and not the clause.
02 Jan 2019, 23:49
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Hi dwang52, present participial phrases (playing basketball) towards the end of a clause preceded by a comma modify the subject of the preceding clause (in this case I).
If the intent was to depict that the boy was playing basketball, then there should not have been any comma.
I greeted the boy playing basketball.
p.s. Our book EducationAisle Sentence Correction Nirvana discusses Participial phrases, their application and examples in significant detail. If you or someone is interested, PM me your email-id; I can mail the corresponding section.
