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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"Absolutely shocked"

"I am shocked, absolutely shocked, by what has happened."

How is "absolutely shocked" grammatically related to that sentence?

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Absolutely = adverb modifying shocked. shocked = predicate adjective, modifying the subject. Repetition can be used for emphasis.

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  • Absolutely = adverb modifying shocked.
  • shocked = predicate adjective, modifying the subject.
  • Repetition can be used for emphasis.
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Absolutely = adverb modifying shocked.
shocked = predicate adjective, modifying the subject.

Repetition can be used for emphasis.
http://rhetoric.byu.edu/figures/groupings/of%20repetition.htm
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From the movie Casablanca -
I'm shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here.. .

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