atulmangal wrote:@Mitch
I tried to understand your approach but i have some confusions...Please clear.
first doubt..u said that
In C, D and E, it is unclear whether between is modifying influences or transmission/transmitting. Eliminate C, D and E.
Is it because in Op C and Op D, we have
X of Y between construction and we don't know
between is modifying X or Y ???? Please confirm.
If yes then why Op E is unclear in same way...as in Op E, we have "was transmitting" verb and left with only "cultural influences" before Between.
Second doubt
If i'm correct about this
X of Y between construction thing..then can we apply this same concept in case of
X of Y THAT...constructions...for example i recently put a question in sc forum...the correct answer option is given below
Books in European libraries last longer than books in libraries in the United States
because, although the climate in Europe is fairly humid, libraries there are not subjected to the extremes of temperature and humidity that damage collections in the United States.
Here also THAT can refer to "extremes" or "temperature and humidity"...but the sentence is correct.
So should we say that both the constructions:
X of Y between and
X of Y THAT are different??? should we say that
X of Y THAT construction is okay...and THAT refer to X or Y depends on the context or the verb following THAT
While
X of Y between construction is unclear..???
Please clear, i tried my level best to put my confusion clearly...
Thanks a lot
Atul
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A prepositional phrase can function as an adjective or as an adverb. Thus, placing the prepositional phrase
between Black Africa and the Mediterranean Basin next to the noun
influences creates confusion. The phrase could be functioning as an adjective (
influences between Black Africa and the Mediterranean Basin) or as an adverb (influences
transmitted between Black Africa and the Mediterranean Basin).
Two rules:
-- It must be clear what a modifier is modifying.
-- A modifier should be as close as possible to what it's modifying.
Since A and B correctly place
between next to the verb
transmitted -- making it clear that the influences are being
transmitted between Black Africa and the Mediterranean Basin -- we should eliminate C, D, and E.
There is no such confusion in the example that you cited:
....the extremes of temperature and humidity that damage collections in the United States.
In the phrase above, the subject of the verb
damage clearly is
extremes:
the extremes...that damage collections.
For the subject to be
temperature and humidity, each of these nouns would need to be preceded by the direct article
the:
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