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Originally Posted by Buddhaheart  ‘To develop’ is an infinitive, functioning as an adjectival modifier of ‘grammar’.
“Based’ is the participial adjective; ‘on’ is the preposition. The last part of the sentence is more easily understood if we develop ‘based on the linguistic input they receive’ into a full clause: ‘…which pre-programs them to develop grammar that is based on the linguistic input they receive.’ |
By the elliptical 'that is' what we have is a noun absolute that modifiies 'grammar' then?
Thanks,
Donna