Let’s look at the meaning conveyed by these sentences and critically analyse which one of these sentences presents a logical meaning.
In the first sentence, the verb-ing modifier"circling ...." is preceded by a comma , and hence it ends up modifying the action in the preceding clause. However, the modifier "circling ..." doesn’t makes sense with the action/subject
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- 1.In the past several years, astronomers have detected more than 80 massive planets, circling other stars.
In the first sentence, the verb-ing modifier"circling ...." is preceded by a comma , and hence it ends up modifying the action in the preceding clause. However, the modifier "circling ..." doesn’t makes sense with the action/subject
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