b) Identify five adverbs and state the syntactic function of each (modifier or adverbial).

a) Identify five adverbs and state the syntactic function of each (modifier or adverbial).



The Prince of Wales’s claim yesterday that American English has a “very corrupting” effect upon the language will be applauded by many who treasure our mother tongue, particularly by parents who deplore the impact of American television upon their children’s grasp of grammar. It is right that Prince Charles’s questions are being posed at this moment in the nation’s history. Whatever is said about ’s declining influence in the world, the linguistic hegemony of English is growing increasingly strong.

The dominance of English today, however, is not of the same character as it was during the colonial era. The language is spreading for reasons that are more pragmatic and subtle than in the past.

In – and especially in British schools – the defence of standard English is to be warmly applauded.

Evolution and corruption are not the same thing. To reject American English as a force for ill seems odd in the century of Saul Bellow, Scott Fitzgerald, J.D. Salinger and Tom Wolfe.

Much of the best writing of recent years has fused different forms of English. Toni Morrison would not write novels of such power had she not so effectively captured the language of the American black community.

i have answered this question i just want to be sure that my answer is 100% correct.my answer is like this:

Yesterday: adverbial(time adverb)

Very corrupting:“very” modifier of “corrupting” adjective.

Increasingly: modifier of adjective storing.

However: adverbial (conjuncts).

Warmly: adverbial (adverb of manner).