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Zoltán Király Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
English grammar: Once, twice, and N times a day
Here are two sentences:
1. Take this medicine once a day.
2. I drink coffee twice a day.
Are "once" and "twice" adverbs? or are they adverbial phrases with "a day" together?
Here are two more sentences:
3. You should brush your teeth three times a day.
4. The bus departs six times a day.
Three times and six times aren't adverbs, right? What are they more exactly?
1. Take this medicine once a day.
2. I drink coffee twice a day.
Are "once" and "twice" adverbs? or are they adverbial phrases with "a day" together?
Here are two more sentences:
3. You should brush your teeth three times a day.
4. The bus departs six times a day.
Three times and six times aren't adverbs, right? What are they more exactly?
Top answer
Zoltán Király Are "once" and "twice" adverbs? r=66 . Zoltán Király Three times and six times aren't adverbs, right?
- Zoltán Király Are "once" and "twice" adverbs?
- r=66 .
- Zoltán Király Three times and six times aren't adverbs, right?
- It seem to me that the same applies: they are adverbs.
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Zoltán KirályAre "once" and "twice" adverbs?Yes: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/twice?r=66 .
Zoltán KirályThree times and six times aren't adverbs, right?It seem to me that the same applies: they are adverbs.
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Ok, but if they are adverbs of frequency they should follow the verb be, or come before a verb.
twice a day. <- this comes before an article and noun. It doesn't make sense.
Aren't they adverbial phrases?
twice a day. <- this comes before an article and noun. It doesn't make sense.
Aren't they adverbial phrases?
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Zoltán Királyt if they are adverbs of frequency they should follow the verb be, or come before a verb.I eat sushi often.
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