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noun modifiers

by alicegmat Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:46 am

Hi!
My question is about noun modifiers.

Is the following construction correct?

Product A, more efficient than product B at reducing emissions, in the form of cabon dioxide, is a better option.

In this construction non-essential noun modifier more efficient than product B at reducing emissions modifies Product A, and in the form of cabon dioxide modifies emissions.

To generalise, the construction is
Noun A, noun modifier for noun A, noun modifier for the noun in modifier for A - noun that precedes the comma, verb + object of noun A.

Is this correct?

Regards.
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Re: noun modifiers

by tim Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:00 pm

Complicated sentences such as this one are often context-dependent, i.e. I’m not willing to agree to a blanket rule covering all situations. In this case though, you need to eliminate the comma after "emissions"..
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