1. For members of the seventeenth century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears.
A) a method to protect
B) as a method protecting
C) protecting
D) as a protection of
E) to protect
OG 12 says
Although the infinitive TO PROTECT would work if it were not preceded by comma, it cannot act
as a non restricitve adjectivial phrase modifying items
Query 1
So, does it mean that
..... "comma + ing " setup is equivalent to ...." no comma + to " setup ?
Query 2
it's known that "comma + ing "is adverbial modifier
and that TO infinitive denotes PURPOSE
so how can TO PROTECT here denote PURPOSE had it not been for a comma, as OG 12 portrays ! ?
A) a method to protect
B) as a method protecting
C) protecting
D) as a protection of
E) to protect
OG 12 says
Although the infinitive TO PROTECT would work if it were not preceded by comma, it cannot act
as a non restricitve adjectivial phrase modifying items
Query 1
So, does it mean that
..... "comma + ing " setup is equivalent to ...." no comma + to " setup ?
Query 2
it's known that "comma + ing "is adverbial modifier
and that TO infinitive denotes PURPOSE
so how can TO PROTECT here denote PURPOSE had it not been for a comma, as OG 12 portrays ! ?
