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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Absolutely

What part of speech is "absolutely" here?

A: Are you coming to Jade's party?
B: Absolutely. You couldn't keep me away.
  

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Hi, My dictionary defines it as an adverb, in this context used informally as a reply meaning 'quite so', 'yes'. Best wishes, Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, My dictionary defines it as an adverb, in this context used informally as a reply meaning 'quite so', 'yes'.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

My dictionary defines it as an adverb, in this context used informally as a reply meaning 'quite so', 'yes'.

Best wishes, Clive
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So for you it replaces, but does not modify yes, right?
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Hi,

Well, it's often a strong 'yes', so I suppose that, if you wanted to, you could say it modifies the intended 'yes'.

Clive
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That would be my interpretation; it intensifies an implicit "Yes".

MrP
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