Can an adverb modify a noun clause?
A. The commission will decide only whether the government failed to provide adequate remedies.
B. I want to know only whether he is alive.
C. They informed me only that he is alive.
D. It depends on only whether you can pass the test or not.
Q1) Are sentences A,B,C,D correct English?
Q2) In each sentence, does "only" modify "whether the government failed to provide adequate remedies", "whether he is alive", "that he is alive", "whether you can pass the test or not"?
Q3) If Q2 is correct, is it grammatically possible for an adverb to modify a noun clause like in examples A,B,C,D?
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A. The commission will decide only whether the government failed to provide adequate remedies. Q1) Is sentence A correct English?
- A.
- The commission will decide only whether the government failed to provide adequate remedies.
- Q1) Is sentence A correct English?
- Yes Q2) Does "only" modify "whether the government failed to provide adequate remedies"?
- I see it as modifying the verb 'decide' .
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A. The commission will decide only whether the government failed to provide adequate remedies.
Q1) Is sentence A correct English? Yes
Q2) Does "only" modify "whether the government failed to provide adequate remedies"? I see it as modifying the verb 'decide' . It tells us about how the deciding will be done.
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