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ad - 14 Dec 2007 10:35 GMT
Hello,
  I have a question.

A.]
Consider this statement below:-
He played music on the Mp3 player in his car, which was newly
purchased.

Now what connotation does this above sentence give , does it mean:
1.) that the MP3 player is newly purchased
Or
2.) that the car is newly purchased

Now  how do i change punctuation of this sentence to get above two
different connotations:

What arrangement of the pronouns and the semicolon, give which kind of
connotation.

B.]
Under which Part of Speech of English Language grammer is this kind of
grammar covered ?

Thank you

=AD
Tony Mountifield - 14 Dec 2007 12:00 GMT
> Hello,
>    I have a question.
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> Or
> 2.) that the car is newly purchased

It's ambiguous, but strictly, it means the car is newly purchased.

> Now  how do i change punctuation of this sentence to get above two
> different connotations:
>
> What arrangement of the pronouns and the semicolon, give which kind of
> connotation.

We call "," a comma; a semicolon is ";".

The easiest way is to place the adjective before the noun that it
qualifies:

a) He played music on the newly purchased MP3 player in his car.

b) He played music on the MP3 player in his newly purchased car.

> B.]
> Under which Part of Speech of English Language grammer is this kind of
> grammar covered ?

Not sure exactly what you mean, but it's all to do with the attribution
of adjectives, I guess.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Tony
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John Briggs - 14 Dec 2007 17:25 GMT
> In article
> <7c6871d6-67fd-47c4-82c2-f0764760409e@d27g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
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>
> b) He played music on the MP3 player in his newly purchased car.

Hyphens?
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John of Aix - 14 Dec 2007 22:22 GMT
>> In article
>> <7c6871d6-67fd-47c4-82c2-f0764760409e@d27g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
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>
> Hyphens?

Not necessarily. Would you expect them if the word before 'purchased'
had been 'recently'? Or in something like 'freshly made bread'?
Tony Mountifield - 14 Dec 2007 22:58 GMT
> > The easiest way is to place the adjective before the noun that it
> > qualifies:
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>
> Hyphens?

I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that a hyphen shouldn't be used
between a -ly adverb and an adjective it is modifying.

Cheers
Tony
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