EducationAisle wrote:
g3lo18 wrote:
I thought a verb-ed modifier must modifier the preceding noun entity.
Isn't found a past tense verb-ed modifier?
Isn't found a past tense verb-ed modifier?
Hi g3lo18,found is apast participle . Past participles have a bit of aflexibility in terms of what they modify: They can modify theNoun or theNoun-Phrase (whichever makes sense) immediately before the participle.
There are quite a few official examples (other than this one) that corroborate this point. I am listing a few:
An OG 13 question:
In 1995 Richard Stallman, a well-known
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