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by garuhape » Sun Dec 19, 2010 4:07 am
Hi all,

why is it possible to say:

"She remained in France during the second world war as a performer and an intelligence agent for the resistance."

I thought that you may never put the date and the place in front of the object but apparently you may. Can someone please explain that to me...

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by VivianKerr » Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:28 pm
Hey Garuhape!

It has to do with Modification.

"In France" and "during the second world war" are prepositional phrases. Both of these prepositional phrases modify the verb "remained."

Think of the prepositional phrases like answers to questions: where did she remain? "In France!" "when did she remain?" "During the second world war!"

It isn't the fact that the prepositional phrases describe date and place that is important, but that a prepositional phrase should always be situated as close as possible to the word or phrase it modifies.

Hope this helps! :)
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by garuhape » Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:49 am
That's perfect.

Thank you very much!
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