How many modifiers in a sentence

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rotan
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How many modifiers in a sentence

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"Premier League club Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero" - is this sentence missing an apostrophe somewhere, or is it fine?
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Technically, this enormous noun phrase is not missing any commas or apostrophes, but it is not fine stylistically! Such a long string of nouns is almost impossible to understand without reading at least twice. 'Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero ...' would be fine.
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hahaha :mrgreen:

Great question, great answer!
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Extremely useful ebook full of examples and visual aids to learn prepositions :ok: Inés Barbero
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Re: How many modifiers in a sentence

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That's the only thing I wanted to know stylistics aside :-P
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