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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Double

Hi.

"With the wind blowing the corner flags double, and a swirling wind depositing rain all across Selhurst Park, a few Norwich players tentatively take to the sodden surface to investigate." [From the BBC website.]

Is double an adverb in the clause and does it refer to blowing ?

Thank you.
  

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Anonymous "With the wind blowing the corner flags double, The structure seems more like a resultative construction, where 'double' is an adjective, modifying flags. org/wiki/Resultative

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  • Anonymous "With the wind blowing the corner flags double, The structure seems more like a resultative construction, where 'double' is an adjective, modifying flags.
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Anonymous"With the wind blowing the corner flags double,
The structure seems more like a resultative construction, where 'double' is an adjective, modifying flags.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resultative
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Thank you, AS, for your useful reply.
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AlpheccaStarsThe structure seems more like a resultative construction, where 'double' is an adjective, modifying flags
Thank you, AS, for the interesting link. Yes, it's an adjective meaning "folded in two". It's been even shown later in a picture in which a flag stick was folded in two under the strong wind.
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