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Fire1 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Can an adverb be analyzed as modifying a single noun?

Can an adverb be analyzed as modifying a single noun that can be considered as a noun phrase the way "almost" modifies "water" as in this example "The soup is almost water"?

  

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", "almost" modifies the verb. "

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  • ", "almost" modifies the verb.
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In the sentence, "The soup is almost water.", "almost" modifies the verb. You can see this better is you rearrange the words: "The soup almost is water."

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fire1Can an adverb be analyzed as modifying a single noun

Yes, it can.

quite a girl, even the children, only you, the chairman alone

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