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Ashrafeng Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Adverb
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In the sentence "Nearly everybody went to the party". what the word "Nearly" is? an adverb or adjective? In the Oxford dioctionary its wrtitten Adverb. But iam confused bcoz, here the word 'Nearly' modifies a pronoun 'everybody'. So how can it be an adverb? adverbs cant modify a pronoun, only the adjectives do so.
In the sentence "Nearly everybody went to the party". what the word "Nearly" is? an adverb or adjective? In the Oxford dioctionary its wrtitten Adverb. But iam confused bcoz, here the word 'Nearly' modifies a pronoun 'everybody'. So how can it be an adverb? adverbs cant modify a pronoun, only the adjectives do so.
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No, adverbs can modify all sorts of things, including pronouns as your example proves [to be honest I sometimes think the adverb class is a bit of an untidy ragbag].....
- No, adverbs can modify all sorts of things, including pronouns as your example proves [to be honest I sometimes think the adverb class is a bit of an untidy ragbag].....
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No, adverbs can modify all sorts of things, including pronouns as your example proves [to be honest I sometimes think the adverb class is a bit of an untidy ragbag].....
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