Cajuns speak a dialect brought to southern Louisiana by the 4,000 Acadians who migrated there in 1755; their language is basically seventeenth-century French to which has been added English, Spanish, and Italian words.
(A) to which has been added English, Spanish, and Italian words
(B) added to which is English, Spanish, and Italian words
(C) to which English, Spanish, and Italian words have been added
(D) with English, Spanish, and Italian words having been added to it
(E) and, in addition, English, Spanish, and Italian words are added
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Can somebody clarify that in D, with is modifying to what ?
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Would you rephrase your question? I have a hard time understanding itpaes wrote:Can somebody clarify that in D, with is modifying to what ?
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Thanks Patrick to consider the question.
The sentence with D is
Cajuns speak a dialect brought to southern Louisiana by the 4,000 Acadians who migrated there in 1755; their language is basically seventeenth-century French with English, Spanish, and Italian words having been added to it.
My problem is
the word 'with' is modifying to what i.e
(a) French OR [ Rule : Preposition should modify to the nearest Noun ]
(b) 'their language' OR
(c) 'their langage is' [ Rule from MgMat : A adverbial modifier need not to be attached the verb which it modifies ]
In general, I want to understand the prepositional modifier rule.
The sentence with D is
Cajuns speak a dialect brought to southern Louisiana by the 4,000 Acadians who migrated there in 1755; their language is basically seventeenth-century French with English, Spanish, and Italian words having been added to it.
My problem is
the word 'with' is modifying to what i.e
(a) French OR [ Rule : Preposition should modify to the nearest Noun ]
(b) 'their language' OR
(c) 'their langage is' [ Rule from MgMat : A adverbial modifier need not to be attached the verb which it modifies ]
In general, I want to understand the prepositional modifier rule.
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"words" is plural hence need plural verb. hence have been is correct
and which refers to French.
"with" doest not modify "French"
and which refers to French.
"with" doest not modify "French"
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Pradeep may be right. I see things differently however. In this case, I think that the prepositional phrase that begins with 'with' is modifying the noun 'French'. The phrase is a description of what type of French these people speak. Notice that the end of the modifying phrase ('having been added to it') is clearly referring to 'French'.
Sorry for the late response,
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Sorry for the late response,
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