Characteristics of conjunctive adverbs
Hi: I need your help with something, please.
When we use words such as "however", "therefore", "nevertheless", etc., to connect or show a particular relationship between different ideas or sentences, we refer to these words as "conjunctive adverbs" or linking adverbs. I would like to ask you why these words are called conjunctive adverbs. I understand that they are conjunctive/linking because they connect or link different ideas or sentences, but how are they adverbs, too?
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Laborious but how are they adverbs, too? I think your description of such words is a good one. I would just add that words like these function as optional adjuncts in clause structure, and unlike complements they don't have to be licensed by the head word.
- Laborious but how are they adverbs, too?
- I think your description of such words is a good one.
- I would just add that words like these function as optional adjuncts in clause structure, and unlike complements they don't have to be licensed by the head word.
- Which explains still further why they are treated as adverbs.
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Laboriousbut how are they adverbs, too?
I think your description of such words is a good one. I would just add that words like these function as optional adjuncts in clause structure, and unlike complements they don't have to be licensed by the head word.
Which explains still further why they are treated as adverbs.
0This is taken from the Cambridge reference on English grammar, with my annotations.
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