I hope that someone can confirm:
(1) "The awoken dragon emerged from his cave." // <-- "awoken" modifies "dragon" (adjective)
(2) "Awoken, the dragon emerged from his cave." // <-- "awoken" modifies "emerged" (adverb)
(3) "The running man jumped on the train." // <-- "running" modifies "man" (adjective)
(4) "Running, the man jumped on the train." // <-- "running modifies "jumped" (adverb)
[possible exception?]
(5) "From Japan, Bob joined the video conference." // <-- "From Japan" is an adverb.
(6) "From Japan, Masako likes sushi." // <-- "From Japan" is an adjective. The comma rule breaks, but I am discounting such contrived sentences.
(7) "Being from Japan, Masako likes sushi." // <-- I would not place a comma after "Japan". Does anyone disagree?
Excepting appositive phrases and lists, no "stuff" to the left of a comma can modify a noun to the right of the comma, right?
(1) "The awoken dragon emerged from his cave." // <-- "awoken" modifies "dragon" (adjective)
(2) "Awoken, the dragon emerged from his cave." // <-- "awoken" modifies "emerged" (adverb)
(3) "The running man jumped on the train." // <-- "running" modifies "man" (adjective)
(4) "Running, the man jumped on the train." // <-- "running modifies "jumped" (adverb)
[possible exception?]
(5) "From Japan, Bob joined the video conference." // <-- "From Japan" is an adverb.
(6) "From Japan, Masako likes sushi." // <-- "From Japan" is an adjective. The comma rule breaks, but I am discounting such contrived sentences.
(7) "Being from Japan, Masako likes sushi." // <-- I would not place a comma after "Japan". Does anyone disagree?
Excepting appositive phrases and lists, no "stuff" to the left of a comma can modify a noun to the right of the comma, right?
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