Hey Patrick, Can you please tell me if the following construction is the same as the above(meaning is the modifier acting as an adverb) years ago, according to some scientists, an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest slammed into North America, an event that caused the plant and animal extinctions tha...

I'll try to explain this becuase I had the same question before and it confused me. A: can't be right because of "and" if you add AND, you are trying to parallel one item to another both in structure and in logic the sentence says " the basic needs of the average cat are simple AND oc...

why do you think E clearly modifies the clause, isn't E appositive and therefore it's modifying the wrong the noun, is there anyway that appositive can modify a clause?

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years ago, according to some scientists, an asteroid bigger than Mount Everest slammed into North America, which, causing plant and animal extinctions, marks the end of the geologic era known as the Cretaceous Period. A. which, causing plant and animal extinctions, marks B. which caused the plant an...