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rajatvmittal
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Despite forceful legal pleas for the restitution of expropriated cultural artifacts to the place of
their origin, the British Museum continues to rebuff the Greek authorities requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in 1806.
(A) requesting that it should
(B) requesting them to
(C) and its request to
(D) who request that it
(E) who request them to
My question is on the use of verb+ing form i.e. requesting. Is it a modifier? If yes, what is it modifying? Present participle without comma is a noun modifier. At first glance, requesting seems to modify British museum. But, on a second thought that modifier is placed closed to the noun, 'greek authorities' seems a good bet.
I know the structure is ambiguous about who is requesting. But this sentence is structurally correct, in my view of course. So, could the experts shed some light on the rule i.e. in this structure, what does verb+ing modify - is it the noun in main subject or the noun that is placed closed to Verb+ing.
There are more examples that are not ambiguous and that use this structure:
I sent an honest report to the company and battalion commanders documenting the state of affairs.
In the above sentence, 'documenting' is a verb+ing. It seems to modify 'I"
Another one: I sent an honest report exposing the preceding officer's fraudulent reporting.
Again,the same position.[/u]
their origin, the British Museum continues to rebuff the Greek authorities requesting that it should return the Parthenon marbles removed from the Acropolis by Lord Elgin in 1806.
(A) requesting that it should
(B) requesting them to
(C) and its request to
(D) who request that it
(E) who request them to
My question is on the use of verb+ing form i.e. requesting. Is it a modifier? If yes, what is it modifying? Present participle without comma is a noun modifier. At first glance, requesting seems to modify British museum. But, on a second thought that modifier is placed closed to the noun, 'greek authorities' seems a good bet.
I know the structure is ambiguous about who is requesting. But this sentence is structurally correct, in my view of course. So, could the experts shed some light on the rule i.e. in this structure, what does verb+ing modify - is it the noun in main subject or the noun that is placed closed to Verb+ing.
There are more examples that are not ambiguous and that use this structure:
I sent an honest report to the company and battalion commanders documenting the state of affairs.
In the above sentence, 'documenting' is a verb+ing. It seems to modify 'I"
Another one: I sent an honest report exposing the preceding officer's fraudulent reporting.
Again,the same position.[/u]
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