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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Do you agree?
Two persons are looking at an egg that is frying on the sidewalk. One person says to the other:
Wow! You are right, and I am wrong. It really is hot enough today to fry an egg on the sidewalk!
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I think that the context shows that "really" should be parsed as a sentence modifier there. In other words:
Wow! You are right, It -- contrary to what I thought -- is hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk!
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1. Do you agree with me?
2. If a student in secondary school asked you what "really" modified, how would you answer him/her?
(I understand that you might give a different answer to a university-level student.)
THANK YOU
Wow! You are right, and I am wrong. It really is hot enough today to fry an egg on the sidewalk!
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I think that the context shows that "really" should be parsed as a sentence modifier there. In other words:
Wow! You are right, It -- contrary to what I thought -- is hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk!
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1. Do you agree with me?
2. If a student in secondary school asked you what "really" modified, how would you answer him/her?
(I understand that you might give a different answer to a university-level student.)
THANK YOU
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James M 1. Do you agree with me? Not really.
- James M 1.
- Do you agree with me?
- Not really.
- I'd say that "really" is used as an intensifier not as a modifier in your example.
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James M1. Do you agree with me?Not really.
I'd say that "really" is used as an inten
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James M1. Do you agree with me?I do.
James Mhow would you answerThe sentence. It's a sentential adverb.
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