aflaam wrote:Sorry to dig this old one.
for C.
I understand we cannot take million, part of a deal making as appositive but why can't we take it as summative modifier?
I think ,part of the deal perfectly sums up the idea of the preceding clause.
Moreover making also make sense vis-a-vis tense.
What am i missing in C?
A summative modifier is composed of COMMA + ABSTRACT NOUN + OTHER WORDS.
The purpose of a summative modifier is to SUM UP the preceding clause.
RULE:
An abstract noun may serve as a summative modifier only if it CANNOT logically refer to the nearest preceding noun.
C:
The computer company has announced that it will purchase the color-printing division of a rival company for $950 million, a part of a deal that making it the largest manufacturer in the office color-printing market.
The portion in red is composed of COMMA + ABSTRACT NOUN + OTHER WORDS.
Here, the abstract noun (
part) can logically refer to the nearest preceding noun (
$950 million), since it is possible that $950 million is PART OF A DEAL.
For this reason, the portion in red may NOT serve as a summative modifier.
Correct:
Sixty-five million years ago an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest slammed into North America, an event that caused the plant and animal extinctions that mark the end of the geologic era known as the Cretaceous Period.
The portion in red is composed of COMMA + ABSTRACT NOUN + OTHER WORDS.
Here, the abstract noun (
event) CANNOT logically refer to the nearest preceding noun (
North America), since it is not possible that North America is an EVENT.
Thus, the portion in red is a valid summative modifier, serving to SUM UP the preceding clause as
an event that caused the plant and animal extinctions that mark the end of the geologic era known as the Cretaceous Period.
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