After suffering the effects of several tsunamis, the residents of a Japanese city built a wall on their coast over forty feet high and a mile long, a way to protect the city against another disaster.
a. a way to protect
b. in efforts to protect
c. protecting
d. to protect in one way
e. in order to protect
1. Can I consider "a way to protect" in A as an appositive modifier modifying the noun "wall". Or does the modifier modify only the noun "mile" ?
2. Except for modifiers starting with present participle, Is the modifier expected to modify the nearest noun , in this case 'mile'?
3. Should a "resumptive modifier" specify the noun its modifying explicitly in the modifier construct and then talk more about the noun ?
a. a way to protect
b. in efforts to protect
c. protecting
d. to protect in one way
e. in order to protect
1. Can I consider "a way to protect" in A as an appositive modifier modifying the noun "wall". Or does the modifier modify only the noun "mile" ?
2. Except for modifiers starting with present participle, Is the modifier expected to modify the nearest noun , in this case 'mile'?
3. Should a "resumptive modifier" specify the noun its modifying explicitly in the modifier construct and then talk more about the noun ?
