Re: English Language Grammar

In article <7c6871d6-67fd-47c4-82c2-f0764760409e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ad <ajitsdeshpande@xxxxxxxxx> 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.

B.]
Under which Part of Speech of English Language grammer is this kind of
grammar covered ?

Not sure exactly what you mean, but it's all to do with the attribution
of adjectives, I guess.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Tony
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