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Wed 13 Aug, 2014 07:08 am
I can always see a man using a kind of device to detect the lost stuff of tourist that is under the sand.
I thought this is a grammatically correct sentence ,but still fell something is wrong here. Anyone can help ? Do native speaker speak like this ?
Ooops..allow me to correct my previously suggested sentence.
It should read: "I often see people using metal detectors trying to find lost stuff hidden underneath the sand which belongs to tourists ."
Otherwise, this sentence would sound as though it was referring to the tourist hidden underneath the sand. This grammatical mistake is known as a misplaced modifier - which is something that can catch us native-English speakers unaware.
Thx for all ur passion to my question