Can one say
a. I ate apples in the fridge.
instead of
b. I ate apples that were in the fridge.
?
I don't know why (a) sounds to me as if I was in the fridge when I ate the apples. "In the fridge" seems to be adverbial and not adjectival.
Many thanks
adjectival vs. adverbial
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Re: adjectival vs. adverbial
Unless you were actually inside the fridge when you ate the apples, you need to say I ate (some) apples FROM the fridge!