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Modifiers & Modufying clauses

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Modifiers & Modufying clauses

by nittinj » Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:48 pm
People who jog frequently develop knee problems.

(source - MR Sentence correction guide)

Though this one is not MCQ..i am not able to understand whats the mistake in this sentence.

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Nitin Jain
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by nittinj » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:37 am
hello frns pls help !!
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by EricLien9122 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:12 am
In that sentence, frequently can modify jog or develop. Thus, the modifier is ambiguous.

people who jog frequently....
or
.....frequently develop.


Hope this helps please share your thoughts if I made a mistake somewhere.
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by nittinj » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:06 am
Ya you are right thts wat i feel

can we conclude that usually...

Verb - adverb-Verb AND
Noun - Adjective - Noun

kind of construction is incorrect coz it leaves lot of room for ambiguity...or if its not a rule at least we must be careful when we see such constructions...

right friends !!
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