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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Ginny
In the paragraph:
"For this convocation, I planned to separate my remarks into two parts: some thoughts about you, the women students here, and some thoughts about us who teach in a women´s college".
I´m classifying the adverbs in a text, and I´m stuck in this paragraph because I understand that "here" can only be an adverb, but what verb is the adverb "here" modifying?
Maybe, if it said: "the women students that are here"....that way, "here" would be modifying "are"...but, can an adverb modify an " implied verb" (if there´s such thing)?
"For this convocation, I planned to separate my remarks into two parts: some thoughts about you, the women students here, and some thoughts about us who teach in a women´s college".
I´m classifying the adverbs in a text, and I´m stuck in this paragraph because I understand that "here" can only be an adverb, but what verb is the adverb "here" modifying?
Maybe, if it said: "the women students that are here"....that way, "here" would be modifying "are"...but, can an adverb modify an " implied verb" (if there´s such thing)?
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According to one on-line dictionary, you have two choices: As an adverb — used to call attention to some person or thing present, or to what the speaker has, offers, brings, or discovers: Here is your paycheck. My friend here knows the circumstances. As an adjective — used for emphasis, especially after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective: this package here.
- According to one on-line dictionary, you have two choices: As an adverb — used to call attention to some person or thing present, or to what the speaker has, offers, brings, or discovers: Here is your paycheck.
- My friend here knows the circumstances.
- As an adjective — used for emphasis, especially after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective: this package here.
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According to one on-line dictionary, you have two choices:
As an adverb— used to call attention to some person or thing present, or to what the speaker has, offers, brings, or discovers: Here is your paycheck. My friend here knows the circumstances.
As an adjective— used for emphasis, especially after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective: this pack
As an adverb— used to call attention to some person or thing present, or to what the speaker has, offers, brings, or discovers: Here is your paycheck. My friend here knows the circumstances.
As an adjective— used for emphasis, especially after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective: this pack
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So, according to that definition, it would definitely be an adverb. It makes sense since it is a speech, and the speaker is addresing the woman students that are present. I guess it is not a problem the verb is only "implied"...
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