Using Phrasal Modifiers
(#4)
In addition to
the uses of phrasal modifiers
shown in Hints
172 - 174, there's also
another one.
Look at these two
sentences:
Alice has a
son.
Alice's
son has red hair and
green eyes.
There are many ways
to combine these sentences. One way
is
by changing "has red hair and green eyes"
slightly so
that
it can be used as a
phrasal
modifier:
Alice has a son
with red hair and green
eyes.
Changing
has phrases to with phrases
is very
common:
Fred wants a new
car.
The
new car has four-wheel
drive. 
Fred
wants a new car
with four-wheel drive.
English is a language.
English
has many vowel sounds.
English
is a language with fmany vowel sounds.
They want an apartment.
The
apartment has lots of windows.
They
want an apartment with
lots of windows.
Notice that . .
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. . . verb phrases using
have can be changed
to
prepositional phrases using
with. |
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. . . prepositional phrases using with
come
after
the words
that
they describe. |
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BR CLEAR="ALL">How would you combine the sentences below
by
using
with phrases as
modifiers?
Gina lives in a
house.
The
house has four
bedrooms.
The house
has three
bathrooms.
Arizona is a state.
Arizona
has several quite different
climates.
Arizona
has many tourist
attractions.
The man is my friend
Malcolm.
The man has a
beard.
The man
has dark
glasses.
The man has a brown
briefcase.
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