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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
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Hi

My oldest son started getting aggressive – he hits his little brother and throws his toys around, but much more worryingly, he is starting to exhibit signs of self-harm.


What's the form and function of the underlined part, please?

  

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Adverbial, modifying the situation or the action.

  • Adverbial, modifying the situation or the action.
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Adverbial, modifying the situation or the action.

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My oldest son started getting aggressive – he hits his little brother and throws his toys around, [but much more worryingly, he is starting to exhibit signs of self-harm].

The bracketed element is an independent coordinate clause and the underlined element is an AdvP functioning as a domain adjunct within the independent clause.

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