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Mekkalomp Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
[adjective + adjective] or [adverb + adjective]
Hi all!
I've trouble determining wether to use an adjective or adverb in front of an adjective.
Your grandmother might like his supposedly German niece.
Your grandmother might like his supposed German niece.
I know that an adverb modifies an adjective when it is placed in front of an adjective, and that an adjective placed in front of an adjective modifies the noun. However, I cannot easily figure out which sentence I should pick!
Can someone clarify this matter of subject?
Thanks in advance!
I've trouble determining wether to use an adjective or adverb in front of an adjective.
Your grandmother might like his supposedly German niece.
Your grandmother might like his supposed German niece.
I know that an adverb modifies an adjective when it is placed in front of an adjective, and that an adjective placed in front of an adjective modifies the noun. However, I cannot easily figure out which sentence I should pick!
Can someone clarify this matter of subject?
Thanks in advance!
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mekkalomp I've trouble determining wether to use an adjective or adverb in front of an adjective. An adjective is always modified by an adverb. Your grandmother might like his supposedly German niece.
- mekkalomp I've trouble determining wether to use an adjective or adverb in front of an adjective.
- An adjective is always modified by an adverb.
- Your grandmother might like his supposedly German niece.
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mekkalompI've trouble determining wether to use an adjective or adverb in front of an adjective.An adjective is always modified by an adverb.
Your grandmother might like his supposedly German niece.
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mekkalompJames Joyce is Max's SUPPOSED Irish ancestor.'Supposed' is an adjective there.
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Yes, but how do you know?
James Joyce is Max's ___ Irish ancestor.
What gives away that it should be adjective?
James Joyce is Max's ___ Irish ancestor.
What gives away that it should be adjective?
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mekkalompWhat gives away that it should be adjective?Common sense and worldly knowledge: James Joyce is famously Irish, so it is not the truth of Irishness that is in question in your sentence but the truth of ancestorship.
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Your knowledge about adverb and adjective is 100% correct. But there are a lot of things to understand in this so, just read attentively.
While using adverb you have to check what are you actually trying to modify or in other words what your focus is? In this sentence the focus is not the ethnicity but the relation. While speaking this sentence if you emphasise on 'German' with variation
While using adverb you have to check what are you actually trying to modify or in other words what your focus is? In this sentence the focus is not the ethnicity but the relation. While speaking this sentence if you emphasise on 'German' with variation
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