Hello Experts,
I wanted to understand the structure of this sentence.
Galileo did not invent the telescope, but on hearing, in 1609, that such an optical instrument had been made, he quickly built his own device from an organ pipe and spectacle lenses
According to my understanding the structure is something like the below
Independent Clause, modifier, Independent clause
My question is, how do we identify that the modifier is not modifying the preceding clause but modifying the following one?
Can
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I wanted to understand the structure of this sentence.
Quote:
Galileo did not invent the telescope, but on hearing, in 1609, that such an optical instrument had been made, he quickly built his own device from an organ pipe and spectacle lenses
According to my understanding the structure is something like the below
Independent Clause, modifier, Independent clause
My question is, how do we identify that the modifier is not modifying the preceding clause but modifying the following one?
Can
...
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