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Kprichards Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Clarification about the kind of adverb

Hi,

I read about the different kinds of adverbs. They includes adverbs of place, time, manner, frequency, degree/quantity, reason and affirmation/negation.

I found the following sentences in my grammar text book:

1. The carriage moved on.
2. The soldiers passed by.

Clearly on and by are adverbs in the sentence. Could you tell me the kind of these adverbs. I think these adverbs cannot be classified into any kind.

Thanks,
Richards.
  

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kprichards I think these adverbs cannot be classified into any kind. They seem like 'manner' to me. 'Manner' is a rather broad catch-all.

— Mister Micawber

  • kprichards I think these adverbs cannot be classified into any kind.
  • They seem like 'manner' to me.
  • 'Manner' is a rather broad catch-all.
  • Or perhaps we should posit a term 'adverbs of position and direction'.
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kprichardsI think these adverbs cannot be classified into any kind.
They seem like 'manner' to me. 'Manner' is a rather broad catch-all. Or perhaps we should posit a term 'adverbs of position and direction'.
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These can also be interpreted as the verbs "to move on (to continue to travel along its intended route after being delayed briefly)" and "to pass by (to travel past someone or something)."
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AnonymousThese can also be interpreted as the verbs "to move on (to continue to travel along its intended route after being delayed briefly)" and "to pass by (to travel past someone or something)."

Yes, they are verbs, but they are special ones, i.e. phrasal verbs, where to the verbs "move" and "pass" are added prepositions "on" and "by", respectively, whi

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