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Mr genuine Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Adverbial?
James, hiding under the bed, was completely silent.
Is "hiding under the bed" adjectival? Some say it is adverbial.
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It's a participle clause, so it serves as a secondary predicate for the subject James . It says James was hiding under the bed . This doesn't modify James .
- It's a participle clause, so it serves as a secondary predicate for the subject James .
- It says James was hiding under the bed .
- This doesn't modify James .
- Rather, it says something more about James , that is, it provides another predicate for James , the first being was completely silent .
- You can even move it to different places in the sentence.
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It's a participle clause, so it serves as a secondary predicate for the subject James. It says James was hiding under the bed. This doesn't modify James. Rather, it says something more about James, that is, it provides another predicate for James, the first being was completely silent.
You can even move it to different places in the sen
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