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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Adjunct vs adverb
In the phrase “I’m going out later” would “later” be an adverb or an adjunct? I’m a bit unclear on the distinction so any help would be appreciated!
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I’m going out later . It's both! Adverb is a word category (part of speech) like noun, verb, adjective etc.
- I’m going out later .
- It's both!
- Adverb is a word category (part of speech) like noun, verb, adjective etc.
- Adjunct is a function, like subject, object, complement etc.
- So, "later" is an adverb functioning as an adjunct.
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I’m going out later.
It's both!
Adverb is a word category (part of speech) like noun, verb, adjective etc.
Adjunct is a function, like subject, object, complement etc.
So, "later" is an adverb functioning as an adjunct.
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