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A modification

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Dear teacher,

Nineteen northern snakehead fish, widely feared interlopers, were caught this summer in a 13-mile stretch of the Potomac River where it widens below the nation's capital on its way to the Chesapeake Bay. But the final and smallest catch was particularly disheartening.


Q : I think "on its way to the Chesapeake Bay" modifies "the nation's capital", doesn't it?


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It modifies 'widens'. (N.B. 'Its' refers to the river.)
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