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by Reva » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:24 pm
I have a doubt how do we know that a modifier after comma is modifying whole phrase or the last word or noun before comma
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by bubbliiiiiiii » Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:18 am
Reva wrote:I have a doubt how do we know that a modifier after comma is modifying whole phrase or the last word or noun before comma
For that you have to identify the object, which could be a word or a phrase and decide.

I guess this is something which comes with practice and experience.
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by Reva » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:20 am
thanks.
bubbliiiiiiii wrote:
Reva wrote:I have a doubt how do we know that a modifier after comma is modifying whole phrase or the last word or noun before comma
For that you have to identify the object, which could be a word or a phrase and decide.

I guess this is something which comes with practice and experience.

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