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Stenka25 Posted 18 years ago
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All the drawers were stuffed full of letters and papers
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I want to ask some tricky question.
In the below sentence, I am curious about what grammatical role the word 'full' has.
It seems like 'all the drawers were stuffed with letters and papers' + 'all the drawers were full of letters and papers.'
But I don't know how to explain this kind of sentence.
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• All the drawers were stuffed full of letters and papers.
I want to ask some tricky question.
In the below sentence, I am curious about what grammatical role the word 'full' has.
It seems like 'all the drawers were stuffed with letters and papers' + 'all the drawers were full of letters and papers.'
But I don't know how to explain this kind of sentence.
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• All the drawers were stuffed full of letters and papers.
Top answer
I'd call it an adverb. Stuffed full of = stuffed fully with
- I'd call it an adverb.
- Stuffed full of = stuffed fully with
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I'd call it an adverb. Stuffed full of = stuffed fully with
I'd call it an adverb. Stuffed full of = stuffed fully with
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