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The position of a time period within a sentence

by lkcr » Mon May 14, 2012 5:09 am
Jotted this down from somewhere a while ago but forgot from where :(

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Concerns about congestion led to the construction between 1900 and 1980 of two separate highways to serve Greater London.

A. Concerns about congestion led to the construction between 1900 and 1980 of two separate highways to serve

B. Concerns about congestion have led to the construction of two separate highways between 1900 and 1980 to serve
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by mathbyvemuri » Mon May 14, 2012 5:40 am
"construction between X and Y" is a correct idiom if X and Y are places to represent, but not the times. So A is wrong and I go with B.
"construction of two separate highways between 1900 and 1980" is the right usage.
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by GmatKiss » Mon May 14, 2012 7:40 am
IMO: B
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by avik.ch » Tue May 15, 2012 10:46 pm
Time period are generally adverbs, an adverb of time.

So same in this case : "between 1900 and 1980" is an adverb of time.

I think B is ambiguous : I am not sure what "between 1900 and 1980" is modifying. Is it modifying the verb "led" or the action in noun form "construction" ?

I think placing the adverb immediately after the action "construction" solve this problem. I will go for A.
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