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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Function

"What were once truths are no longer true."

In this sentence, I would like to know the grammatical function of the word "ONCE." Thank you and have a great day!
  

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adverb

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Given that it is an adverb, what does it modify? Doesn't it modify the noun "Truths", making it an adjective instead?
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Anonymous Given that it is an adverb, what does it modify? Doesn't it modify the noun "Truths", making it an adjective instead?
It gives a time frame for the sentence. Once = at one time.
It does not modify "truths". You can have bare-faced truths, or hard truths, etc. These would be adjectives.
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