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Is the word 'a' a preposition

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by winniethepooh » Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:34 pm
Originally developed for directing air pollutants, a technique called proton-induced X-ray emission, which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance without destorying it, is finding uses in medicine, archaelogy, and criminology.

(A) Originally developed for detecting air pollutants, a technique called proton-induced X-ray emission, which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance without destroying it,
(B) Orignially developed for detecting air pollutants, having the ability to analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance without destroying it, a technique called proton-induced X-ray emission
(C) A technique originally developed for detecting air pollutants, called proton-induced X-ray emission, which can quickly analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance without destroying it
(D) A technique originally developed for detecting air pollutants, called proton-induced X-ray emission, which has the ability to analyze the chemical elements in almost any
(E) A technique that was originally developed for detecting air pollutants and has the ability to analyze the chemical elements in almost any substance quickly and without destroying the substance, called proton-induced X-ray emission,

OA:A

In reply to the post above Ron replies that:
nouns that are modified by prepositional phrases can still be the referent of 'which' even if they are a few words distant from it.

Ref:https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/pos ... 4622,nouns


MY QUESTION IS:

Is the word 'a' a preposition?
If not then which is the preposition referred to by Ron?
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by VivianKerr » Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:29 pm
"a" is a determiner or a noun, not a preposition. A preposition refers to location, time, place, etc. They reveal relationship.

Check out this list for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_En ... epositions

The prep phrase is "in almost any substance" but I'm not sure what Ron means here, either.
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by Frankenstein » Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:40 pm
winniethepooh wrote:
In reply to the post above Ron replies that:
nouns that are modified by prepositional phrases can still be the referent of 'which' even if they are a few words distant from it.

Ref:https://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/pos ... 4622,nouns


MY QUESTION IS:

Is the word 'a' a preposition?
If not then which is the preposition referred to by Ron?
Hi,
I guess he was referring to 'Originally developed for detecting air pollutants'.
The meaning of this is:
The technique developed for detecting air pollutants, which...
Here, 'which' doesn't refer to air pollutants, but 'technique'. As there is no way to frame the sentence that would place technique just before 'which', the usage of 'which' to refer to technique is fine in this case.
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by winniethepooh » Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:10 pm
I am a bit confused. You say that which refers to technique
Ron writes NOUNs that are modified by prepositional phrases can be the referent of 'which'.
So, I think there's a contradiction. As 'which' refers to air pollutants.
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