Because she knew many of the leaders of colonial America and the American Revolution personally, Mercy Otis Warren was continually at or near the center of political events from 1765 to 1789, a vantage point combining with her talent for writing to make her one of the most valuable historians of the era.
a vantage point combining with her talent for writing to make
a vantage point, when combined with her talent for writing, that made
a vantage point that combined with her talent for writing, and it made
and this vantage point, which combined with her talent for writing to make
and this vantage point, combined with her talent for writing, made
关于this:
it's incorrect to use "this" as a STANDALONE PRONOUN. i.e., you cannot write something like "this, combined with her talent for writing, made her..."
however, "this" as an ADJECTIVE (the way in which it is used here, in front of the noun "vantage point") is just fine, and is quite exceedingly common.
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