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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
an adverbial?
Hi,
Can you tell me how one could know if the underlined part is an adverbial?
We have been living here in this house for over ten years.
If this was worded like this, I might have been less confused:
We have been (no 'living') here in this house for over ten years.
Can you tell me how one could know if the underlined part is an adverbial?
We have been living here in this house for over ten years.
If this was worded like this, I might have been less confused:
We have been (no 'living') here in this house for over ten years.
Top answer
"have been living" is the verb. "here in this house" - tells you where "for over ten years" - tells you how long. If you take out "living" it could sound like they never leave this house.
- "have been living" is the verb.
- "here in this house" - tells you where "for over ten years" - tells you how long.
- If you take out "living" it could sound like they never leave this house.
- However, you will hear things like "Oh, we've been in this house since, what do you say Bob?
- Was it 1998?
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"have been living" is the verb.
"here in this house" - tells you where
"for over ten years" - tells you how long.
If you take out "living" it could sound like they never leave this house. However, you will hear things like "Oh, we've been in this house since, what do you say Bob? Was it 1998? or maybe 1999? Anway, we've been in this house for a while now."
"here in this house" - tells you where
"for over ten years" - tells you how long.
If you take out "living" it could sound like they never leave this house. However, you will hear things like "Oh, we've been in this house since, what do you say Bob? Was it 1998? or maybe 1999? Anway, we've been in this house for a while now."
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