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SuperESL Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
a fraction
Hi,
“Never in her 86 years has the queen been a fraction as indiscreet as Prince Harry was in his interview,” the author Harry Mount wrote in The Daily Telegraph.
I have difficulty grasping the grammatical status of the phrase "a fraction" in the above sentence. What part of speech is it?
Thank you.
“Never in her 86 years has the queen been a fraction as indiscreet as Prince Harry was in his interview,” the author Harry Mount wrote in The Daily Telegraph.
I have difficulty grasping the grammatical status of the phrase "a fraction" in the above sentence. What part of speech is it?
Thank you.
Top answer
It is a noun. It is the head of a noun phrase that is the complement in the sentence with a linking verb.
- It is a noun.
- It is the head of a noun phrase that is the complement in the sentence with a linking verb.
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It is a noun.
It is the head of a noun phrase that is the complement in the sentence with a linking verb.
It is the head of a noun phrase that is the complement in the sentence with a linking verb.
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So "half" in "......the queen been half as indiscreet as...." would also be a noun? Thank you.
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Never in her 86 years has the Queen been . . .
The capital is customary.
The capital is customary.
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