Tony Mountifield wrote:
> In article
> <7c6871d6-67fd-47c4-82c2-f0764760409e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> ad <ajitsdeshpande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 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
>
> 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.
Hyphens?
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John Briggs
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