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<blockquote data-quote="Toritoribe" data-source="post: 785068" data-attributes="member: 37151"><p>To tell the truth, I intentionally avoided using that example since three interpretations are possible in that case.</p><p></p><p>1)</p><p>connecting two clauses</p><p>彼は低い鼻に愛敬がある。and 彼はなんとも人のよさそうな顔をした男だった。</p><p></p><p>2)</p><p>connecting two modifying clauses</p><p>彼は低い鼻に愛敬があり、なんとも人のよさそうな modifies 顔. </p><p>(彼は低い鼻に愛敬がある顔をした男だった。 and 彼はなんとも人のよさそうな顔をした男だった。)</p><p></p><p>3)</p><p>connecting two modifying clauses</p><p>彼は低い鼻に愛敬があり、なんとも人のよさそうな顔をした modifies 男.</p><p>(彼は低い鼻に愛敬がある男だった。 and 彼はなんとも人のよさそうな顔をした男だった。)</p><p></p><p>As you might notice, it also can be possible to interpret that 低い鼻に愛敬がある modifies 男 in the original sentence, but 低い鼻に愛敬がある is a description about his face, so I wrote this clause modified 顔 in my initial post. The difference is subtle in meaning, though.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toritoribe, post: 785068, member: 37151"] To tell the truth, I intentionally avoided using that example since three interpretations are possible in that case. 1) connecting two clauses 彼は低い鼻に愛敬がある。and 彼はなんとも人のよさそうな顔をした男だった。 2) connecting two modifying clauses 彼は低い鼻に愛敬があり、なんとも人のよさそうな modifies 顔. (彼は低い鼻に愛敬がある顔をした男だった。 and 彼はなんとも人のよさそうな顔をした男だった。) 3) connecting two modifying clauses 彼は低い鼻に愛敬があり、なんとも人のよさそうな顔をした modifies 男. (彼は低い鼻に愛敬がある男だった。 and 彼はなんとも人のよさそうな顔をした男だった。) As you might notice, it also can be possible to interpret that 低い鼻に愛敬がある modifies 男 in the original sentence, but 低い鼻に愛敬がある is a description about his face, so I wrote this clause modified 顔 in my initial post. The difference is subtle in meaning, though.) [/QUOTE]
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