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Mikejiang0819 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Adjective or adverb
hi teachers,
in such a sentence "the man there is a soldier."
whether the word "there" is an adjective or adverb?
In my Oxford dictionary, it says such usage is an adverb. But from my point, "there" modifies "man", so it should be an adjective.
please enlight me.
in such a sentence "the man there is a soldier."
whether the word "there" is an adjective or adverb?
In my Oxford dictionary, it says such usage is an adverb. But from my point, "there" modifies "man", so it should be an adjective.
please enlight me.
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From another dictionary: – adjective 11. (used for emphasis, esp. after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective): Ask that man there .
- From another dictionary: – adjective 11.
- (used for emphasis, esp.
- after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective): Ask that man there .
- I agree.
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mikejiang0819In my Oxford dictionary, it says such usage is an adverb. But from my point, "there" modifies "man", so it should be an adjective.This is my thought:
I agree with your dictionary. " There " refers to a location. So it appears to me as an adverb because it did not describe the man.
The man is a soldier.
Where is the man ?
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mikejiang0819"there" is an adjective or adverb?It depends on which dictionary you consult. There are reasons to consider it an adverb and reasons to consider it an adjective. It does modify a noun, and some sources find that that is enough to call it an adjective. On the other hand, it doesn't answer the question "What kind of (man)?" as a typical adjectiv
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