confused with the sentence structure likes "A of B which C".
For Example:
The bayonet of the gun which is long killed the man.
in this sentence,Dose "which is long" define "the bayonet" or "the gun"?

I am also confused with sentence structure likes "A and B of C","A and B for C","A of B and C".
Thank you.

Question

confused with the sentence structure likes "A of B which C".
For Example:
The bayonet of the gun which is long killed the man.
in this sentence,Dose "which is long" define "the bayonet" or "the gun"?

I am also confused with sentence structure likes "A and B of C","A and B for C","A of B and C".
Thank you.

Answer

If you would express the attribute "long" to either 'bayonet' or 'gun', position it before the noun:

the LONG bayonet of the gun killed the man.
the bayonet of the LONG gun killed the man.

whichever you choose from the above sentence, still, "the bayonet" killed the man.

otherwise, Eliot is right...

:)

Answer

The sentence is poorly structured. Apart from leaving out commas, the "which" clause clearly refers to the gun. Such sentence structuring is not recommended.

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