RonPurewal Wrote:jp.jprasanna Wrote:So can i take it as a rule that any nonessential modifier set off by commas ('of up to 600 rooms each'), which can be eliminated to check what modifiers are attached to the main clause??
nope. you have to
think about which things are describing which other things.
* it's possible that both modifiers are describing the same noun, as in the example above. in that case, well, you have to put one of them before the other one (since you can't draw a sentence that looks like a probability tree), so you get the kind of structure that exists in (b).
Dear Ron Sir,
First and foremost, please allow me to thank you for your marvelous explanations! -- I don't know how to thank you enough, since you turn the preparation of GMAT into a great fun of exploring intelligence.
Can I confirm whether my following understanding is right?
The structure that exists in (b) is same as the one used in "Astronomers have detected more than 80 massive
planets, most of them at least as large as Jupiter, circling other stars." and as the one applied in "Lina's sunbird has a brilliant orange
patch, bordered with red tufts, in the centers of its breast.".
Therefore, we have such a structure: noun + ","+ adjective nonessential modifier phrase 1 + "," + adjective nonessential modifier phrase 2 (no "and" between the two modifiers), when the two adjective modifiers have equal priorities, right?
And does the boldface part from "Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has argued that many biological traits are not the products
of natural selection, favored..." follow the structure "noun+adj1+comma+adj2" as well?
Thanks a lot!
