Adverbs
The world is far less a mystery than it was a century ago.
Both far and less are adverbs and far is an adverb of intensity (right?) far is describing an adverb(less) what about less, what is it describing?(it must be another adverb, a verb or an adjective, hum?)
another prompt is, whether we can use adverbs after linking verbs. I remember I've read it somewhere but not quite sure about.
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The world is [ far less a mystery ] than it was a century ago . In the bracketed noun phrase, "far less" is an adjective phrase in predeterminer modifier function. It's called a 'predeterminer' because it occurs before the indefinite article "a".
- The world is [ far less a mystery ] than it was a century ago .
- In the bracketed noun phrase, "far less" is an adjective phrase in predeterminer modifier function.
- It's called a 'predeterminer' because it occurs before the indefinite article "a".
- The adjective phrase has the adjective "less" as head, which is modified by the degree adverb "far".
- Adverbs can occur in copular clauses, for example "I was certainly happier then".
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The world is [ far less a mystery ] than it was a century ago.
In the bracketed noun phrase, "far less" is an adjective phrase in predeterminer modifier function. It's called a 'predeterminer' because it occurs before the indefinite article "a". The adjective phrase has the adjective "less" as head, which is modified by the degree adverb "far".
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