Wooden Ucla
Posted in Uncategorized on 12/13/2004 08:21 am by admin
How do you know if an adj. applies to only one part of a list?
How do you know if an adj. applies to only one part [of a sentence]?
“This past season, Izzo led the Spartans to the Final Four for the sixth time in 12 years. Only the late John Wooden at UCLA and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski also have done that.”
How do you know if late applies to both John Wooden and Mike Kryzewski? Being a basketball follower, I know that it only applies to Mr. Wooden — but how would I know if I didn’t followed basketball?
(Hypothetically speaking, let’s say both coaches were deceased.) How would I address the coaches? Would I put “late” twice (before John and before Mike)?
Thank you!
No, you wouldn’t put ‘late’ before both John and Mike.
In fact, the sentence as it stands, indicates that both are dead.
If you wanted to say that John was dead but Mike was still living, you would have to put a comma after UCLA. It would read better if you reversed the order of the names, so there would be no confusion:
Only Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and the late John Wooden of UCLA have done that.
UCLA Coach John Wooden (1910-2010)