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Cup cake Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Adverbials
Hi Everyone,
Can I please check the adverbial in the following sentence?
John spends more time washing his car than he does talking to his wife.
Is the adverbial "more time"?
Thanks,
CC 
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Cup cake Is the adverbial "more time"? No. "more time" is a quantifying determiner and a noun.
- Cup cake Is the adverbial "more time"?
- No.
- "more time" is a quantifying determiner and a noun.
- It's the direct object of 'spend'.
- o.
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Cup cakeIs the adverbial "more time"?
No.
"more time" is a quantifying determiner and a noun. It's the direct object of 'spend'.
[to spend]verb [ time ]d.o.; [to spend]verb [ money ]d.o..
Is there supposed to be an adverbial there somewhere?
CJ
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