"Official results were being released Monday for the legislative election, which followed a week of demonstrations and hunger strikes at Hong Kong's government offices, culminating in tens of thousands of protesters Friday night."
The modifier "for the legislative election" seems to modify "official results". But is it dangling, because it is separated from "official results" by "were being released Monday"?
Modification?
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tiorthan
Re: Modification?
The question is, does "for the election" really modify "official results" or does it describe the purpose of predicate "were being released".
Given the sentencen structure, it clearly is the latter. However, if that explanation doesn't fit the context, then its simply a misplaced attribute.
Given the sentencen structure, it clearly is the latter. However, if that explanation doesn't fit the context, then its simply a misplaced attribute.
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Delfino
Re: Modification?
carolgreen876 hat geschrieben:"Official results for the legislative election,
which followed a week of demonstrations and hunger strikes at Hong Kong's government offices, culminating in tens of thousands of protesters on Friday night,
were (being) released on Monday."