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Is there any grammar problem in the sentence.

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This is from an article of NationalPost: this article is taking about singles buying apartments or condos before they get married. But increasingly, singles not willing, or able, to go it alone are teaming up to buy a home without being in any romantic relationship. Subject: singles . verb:are teaming up object: to buy a home .. what about "not willing , or able, to go it alone" , does it equal to "not willing to go it alone" or "not able to go it alone"? if it is true, can we restate it like " singles that are not willing, or able, to go it alone, are teaming ...." Thanks, basically, i understand the meaning, but i just want to know it from grammar perspective. it is good for writing. thanks,
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  • 工作学习 / 外语学习 / Is there any grammar problem in the sentence. -rsam007(rsam007); 2011-11-20 {735} (#7085344@0)
    This is from an article of NationalPost: this article is taking about singles buying apartments or condos before they get married. But increasingly, singles not willing, or able, to go it alone are teaming up to buy a home without being in any romantic relationship. Subject: singles . verb:are teaming up object: to buy a home .. what about "not willing , or able, to go it alone" , does it equal to "not willing to go it alone" or "not able to go it alone"? if it is true, can we restate it like " singles that are not willing, or able, to go it alone, are teaming ...." Thanks, basically, i understand the meaning, but i just want to know it from grammar perspective. it is good for writing. thanks,
    • 觉的able 后面那个逗号是错的。not willing, or able to go it alone 看着舒服点。 -c1xwy(洪兴罩俺去战斗); 2011-11-20 (#7085387@0)
      • 假设这句话没有语法问题， willing ... 是什末语法现象？ -rsam007(rsam007); 2011-11-20 (#7085547@0)
        • 现代分词作定语。 -geekcode(吉客唐德); 2011-11-20 (#7085581@0)
        • willing就是个形容词。形容词后置。跟分词没什么关系。 -englearner(majia); 2011-11-21 (#7086122@0)
      • 两个逗号要么都要，要么都不要，语法上都对，但含义略有不同。 -rockywei(落基山); 2011-11-20 (#7085606@0)
    • As you analyzed, it looks correct to me. -geekcode(吉客唐德); 2011-11-20 (#7085544@0)
    • "singles not willing, or able, to go it alone..." 实际就是 “singles THAT(或者 WHO) ARE not willing, or able, to go it alone..." -rockywei(落基山); 2011-11-20 (#7085599@0)
      • singles 的定语从句。不记得定语从句可以省略从句中的主语和谓语 -rsam007(rsam007); 2011-11-20 (#7085622@0)
        • 定语从句本来就是代替形容词或者分词的。最简单的如常说的There is something wrong. = There is something that is wrong. -rockywei(落基山); 2011-11-20 (#7085633@0)
          • thanks. but your example: there is something wrong. this "wrong " plays complement function. anything i am going send email the writer. -rsam007(rsam007); 2011-11-20 (#7085643@0)
            • correction: anything -> anyway -rsam007(rsam007); 2011-11-20 (#7085646@0)
            • 好吧，再举一个近一点例子：The person posting on rolia is rsam007. = The person WHO IS posting on rolia is rsam007. 类似这样的句子比比皆是。 -rockywei(落基山); 2011-11-20 (#7085654@0)
              • yes. Agree with you for this example. posting = participial adjective. -rsam007(rsam007); 2011-11-20 (#7085700@0)
            • 如果信还没发出去，就别发了吧. -winterstorm(打酱油的); 2011-11-21 (#7085868@0)
    • 原文是对的，只需要两个逗号，相当于下面的左右括号：singles not willing (or able) to go it alone are teaming up.... -hsl(胡司令); 2011-11-20 (#7085664@0)
    • 原句没有语法问题。相当于形容词后置。类似于“somthing wrong, something new, something important etc....”. "willing" 和 able 都是形容词，前者表示”愿意的“，后者是“有能力的“。 -winterstorm(打酱油的); 2011-11-21 {151} (#7085866@0)
      理论上讲， willing singles, able singles, 也都是正确的表达， 只不过不常用而已。再加上这句话后面还有to go it alone, 所以will 和able 后置就更顺理成章了。
      • many thanks. It's good to review English grammars. This sentence uses adjective phrase to modify the none, so the phrase has to be after the modified none. -rsam007(rsam007); 2011-11-26 (#7100863@0)
        • correction: none -> noun -rsam007(rsam007); 2011-11-26 (#7100868@0)

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