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Fire1 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
A step forward
- No one is sure whether this plan will work , but it's a step forward.
In the sentence above, it seems like "forward"as an adverb grammatically modifies the noun phrase "a step", but I'm not sure because "a step" could be seen as a noun phrase adverbially modifying the adverb "forward" as well.
So.. my question is ..
Q) Is it correct to analyze "forward" as an adverb modifying "a step"? or should "a step" be analyzed as a noun phrase adverbially modifying the adverb "forward" ?
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fire1 Is it correct to analyze "forward" as an adverb modifying "a step"? Yes. That's how I would do it.
- fire1 Is it correct to analyze "forward" as an adverb modifying "a step"?
- Yes.
- That's how I would do it.
- fire1 should "a step" be analyzed as a noun phrase adverbially modifying the adverb "forward" ?
- No.
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fire1Is it correct to analyze "forward" as an adverb modifying "a step"?
Yes. That's how I would do it.
fire1should "a step" be analyzed as a noun phrase adverbially modifying the adverb "forward" ?
No. That's less plausible.
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