thanks in advance..
I am confused the usage of "comma + with" these days, and only got one link, but there is no analysis
desiring your further explanation and confirmation.
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As I know, "comma + with" is an adverbial modifier, modifies a phrase, or action of preceding clause,
does "comma + with" describe the result of the action that corporation began playing or that how the funds they manage perform,Since 1986, when the Department of Labor began to allow investment officers' fees to be based on how the funds they manage perform, several corporations began paying their investment advisers a small basic fee, with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.
(D) fees of investment officers to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations have begun
Does "comma + with" follow immediately the clause which is modified? or whatever?
this one, I have two questionsFrom the bark of the paper birch tree the Menomini crafted a canoe about twenty feet long and two feet wide, with small ribs and rails of cedar, which could carry four persons or eight hundred pounds of baggage so light that a person could easily portage it around impeding rapids.
(E) baggage yet was so light
1/ the place of "comma + with", does it violate the rule that modifier should be close following ?
I think that this one modifies the "canoe" (a noun) instead of "M crafted a canoe" (action of a clause) , right?
but does not follow immediately "canoe",
2/ comma + which.
comma + which generally follows the closest noun, obviously this case doesn't, will it be ambiguous if skip two phrases? it is easily to think that "comma + which" modifies cedar,
this one, I cannot understand the use of "comma + with", would you please clarify the modifier of "comma + with"?The peaks of a mountain range, acting like rocks in a streambed, produce ripples in the air flowing over them; the resulting flow pattern, with crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are known as "standing waves."
(C) crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, is
confused, seems modifies the state (noun), but follows a clause, have no idea about the usage, need clarify.Bihar is India's poorest state, with an annual per capita income of $111, lower than that of the most impoverished countries of the world.
confused, seems modifies the depression (noun), but follows a clause, have no idea about the usage, need clarify.According to some economists, Japan is in danger of plunging into a depressionthat, with double-digit unemployment, could severely strain a society that regards lifetime employment as a virtual right of citizenship.
modifies the phrase that particularly of red wine, or the clause that linked moderate consumption of alcohol.Sales of wines declined in the late 1980s, but they began to grow again after the 1991 report that linked moderate consumption of alcohol, and particularly of red wine, with a reduced risk of heart disease
not easy for me to judge, please clarify.
I can understand "comma + with" further explains the action that rice has more protein.In addition to having more protein -than wheat does, the protein in rice is higher quality than that in wheat, with more of the amino acids essential to the human diet.
(B) rice has protein of higher quality than that in
further describes the clause that honeybee's stinger is heavily barded.The honeybee's stinger is heavily barbed and stays where it is inserted, with the result that the act of stinging causes the bee to sustain a fatal injury.
this one modifies the manner of monkeys sleeping, -- modifies phrase,Visitors to the park have often looked up into the leafy canopy and saw monkeys sleeping on the branches. whose arms and legs hang like socks on a clothesline.
(D) seen monkeys sleeping on the branches, with arms and legs hanging
there are one appositive phrase , one "comma + with" and one "comma + Ving"During the early years of European settlement on a continent that was viewed as "wilderness" by the newcomers, Native Americans, intimately knowing the ecology of the land. were a help in the rescuing of many Pilgrims and pioneers from hardship, or even death.
(C) Native Americans, with their intimate knowledge of the ecology of the land, helped to rescue
"comma + with" describes the manner.
describes the mannersOrb-weaving spiders such as the argiope build webs that are essentially wheel-like, with an outer rim and a number of spokes emanating from the hub.
this one describes the clause that economy has grownTurkey's economy has grown prodigiously over the past ten years, with an average annual increase of about eight percent-one of the highest growth rates in the world.
this one describes the clause that auto industry dominated economyIn the 1920's, the automobile industry dominated the American economy, with one out of every eight workers employed in an automobile-related job.