Adverbial/Adverb phrases
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Check this sentence:
"I will drive the car slowly"
Slowly is an adverb, right? - So, if I were to describe the structure:
I - Subject
Will - Auxiliary verb
Drive - Main verb
The car - Direct object
Slowly - Adverb or Adverbial phrase?
I got confused, for I don't know whether that should be regarded as only Adverb or Adverbial phrase.
What do you think? Can it be described both ways, Adverb and adverbial phrase? Are they the same?
Top answer
Phrase (definition) (in Grammar) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- Phrase (definition) (in Grammar) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
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Phrase (definition)
(in Grammar) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
0davyddinizCan it be described both ways, Adverb and adverbial phrase?
It depends on the system of grammatical analysis you are using. In traditional grammar, a phrase has to have more than one word. In the more modern approaches a single word can be called a phrase.
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