Can "so", "really", "fu*king" modify prepositional phrases for emphasis?
For example,
1. Am I really out of body?
2. It was really out of character for me to book this trip.
3. I don't feel so out of touch anymore.
4. Everything felt so fu*king out of control.
5. You are so fu*king out of line right now.
6. You may have a child who is so out of control.
I think in the sentences above that I excerpted from books, "so", "really", "so fu*king", and "fu*king" seem to be used to emphasize the prepositional phrases, "Out of control", "Out of body", "Out of touch", "Out of characer".
I wonder whether I'm right on this and whether adverbs can emphasize prepositional phrases like in the case above.
Top answer
In those sentences, "out of character", "out of touch", "out of line" and "out of control" can be considered adjectival phrases. The adverbial intensifiers modify these phrases. e.
- In those sentences, "out of character", "out of touch", "out of line" and "out of control" can be considered adjectival phrases.
- The adverbial intensifiers modify these phrases.
- e.
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- The latter interpretation is not totally impossible, but it seems unlikely to be meant.
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In those sentences, "out of character", "out of touch", "out of line" and "out of control" can be considered adjectival phrases. The adverbial intensifiers modify these phrases. The first example is different in that (as I read it) "really" modifies the whole statement, i.e. the meaning is "Is it really the case that I am out of body?" and not "Am I very out of body?". The latter interpretatio
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