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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Happily (a supplement in the sentence)

"4. Supplements are not modifiers; rather they are semantically related to some element called their 'anchor'."

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"[1b] Happily, the kids were playing outside.(supplement)."

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(From BillJ's post on EnglishForward.com)

My question is: what is the 'anchor' of "Happily" in [1b]?

Is it the main clause?

  

Top answer

Happily , the kids were playing outside . Yes, the anchor is the entire clause "the kids were playing outside".

— BillJ

  • Happily , the kids were playing outside .
  • Yes, the anchor is the entire clause "the kids were playing outside".
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Happily, the kids were playing outside.


Yes, the anchor is the entire clause "the kids were playing outside".

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