rakeshlochansarma wrote:
Is'nt 'found in the Phillippines' an incomplete part of the sentence?I think 'found' is a participle and that part of the sentence needs a verb. After 'and' there is again a modifier clause.
Hi Rakesh, your analysis is correct. Following are the two modifiers, joined byand :
i)found in the Philippines - Past Participial Phrase
ii)resembling a hummingbird - Present Participial Phrase
Since both of these areParticipial Phrases, they are considered grammatically parallel. Hence, this construct
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