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Paco2004 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Adjunctive adjectives

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00I often come across sentences where subject-oriented adjectives are used just as adverbs. 02br
00Do they sound completely natural to you? 02br
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00[1] He married 01u00young02u00 to Ethel who was just eighteen. 02br
00[2] The ship Carpathia sailed 01u00empty02u00 from Liverpool to Fiume. 02br
00[3] We arrived 01u00exhausted02u00 at the 7043 feet summit. 02br
00[4] They shall return 01u00honored and triumphant02u00 to their homes. 02br
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0 Paco, 02br 02br 00Completely natural. They are the essence of English. They blend quite naturally into our phrasal verb structures.

— CalifJim

  • 0 Paco, 02br 02br 00Completely natural.
  • They are the essence of English.
  • They blend quite naturally into our phrasal verb structures.
  • 02br 02br 00The ship sailed empty from Liverpool.
  • 02br 00The ship sailed up from Liverpool.
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0 Paco, 02br
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00Completely natural. They are the essence of English. They blend quite naturally into our phrasal verb structures. 02br
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00The ship sailed empty from Liverpool. 02br
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00He married young to Ethel. 02br
00He caught up to Ethel. 02br
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0 Paco - I spent ten minutes composing a reply to your post, and then it disppeared while I was searching for the vertical line required to produce the "nerd smiley" so I have to start over. 02br
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002, 3 and 4 are just fine. (I have a vague feeling that is should be "the 7043 foot summit" instead of "feet" but I really can't explain why.) 02br
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0 As often happens, I find that while I'm typing my reply, CalifJim sneaks in with a more concise answer. This time, though, I must dissent on "he married young to Ethel." Jim, would you really say it that way? --khoff 02br
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00Aha! - on my keyboard that looks like two separate lines, kind of like an elongated colon (which sounds like a medical problem). Th
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0Nope. You caught me on a detail while I was concentrating on another issue! 050010id15
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0 Hello CJ and Khoff 02br
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00Thank you for the replies as usual. 02br
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00I found these sentences online. Yes, you are right. [1] is somehow wrong. How about if I changed it into like: 02br
00[1] He got married young to Ethel, who was only eighteen. 02br
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00As for [3], I agree 'feet' should be 'foot' 02br
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0 Hi Paco - yes, "He got married young to Ethel, who was only eighteen." is fine. With the other pair, I much prefer "They went back to their homes, delighted with the victory." With example [1], when I get to the word "victory" I somehow expect that if there is any more of the sentence it will modify "victory" -- "They went back delighted with the victory over the evil barbarians." In this s
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0 Hello Khoff again 02br
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00Indeed, 'They went back delighted with the victory to their homes' could be taken as 'They went back, delighted [with the victory to their homes]'. I feel composition of an English sentence is a quite subtle task, if we want to make it into such a form that nobody would mistake it. Anyway thank you for your kind reply. 02br
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