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Chanyiupan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

ENGLSIH SENTENCE STRUCTURE


'It is not necessarily these small languages that are about to disappear.'

I can understand the SENTENCE STRUCTURE.

What do the words 'not necessarily' refer to?
  

Top answer

' I can understand the SENTENCE STRUCTURE. Consider this simpler and more concrete example. Tom's car won't start.

— Clive

  • ' I can understand the SENTENCE STRUCTURE.
  • Consider this simpler and more concrete example.
  • Tom's car won't start.
  • It is not necessarily the battery.
  • It might be out of gas.
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Hi,

'It is not necessarily these small languages that are about to disappear.'



I can understand the SENTENCE STRUCTURE.

Consider this simpler and more concrete example.

Tom's car won't start.

It is not necessarily the battery.

It might be out of gas.

The underlined sentence means

'For the car not to start,
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CliveWhat do the words 'not necessarily' refer to?

I see the words 'not necessarily' as an adverbial phrase' modifying 'is'.

Can "is" be modified? I wonder if it's the whole sentence that is modified?
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Hi,

Could be. Emotion: smile Still, the main point is it's adverbial in nature.

Best wishes, Clive
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