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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

I got a call from the store owner saying how amazing I did

I got a call from the store owner saying how amazing I did

I got a call from the store owner saying how amazing I did

What does "how amazing" modify in this sentence?

Is it used as an adverbial phrase? or adjectival phrase?

  

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For standard English, it should be the adverbial form, amazing ly. Clive

— Clive

  • For standard English, it should be the adverbial form, amazing ly.
  • Clive
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For standard English, it should be the adverbial form, amazingly.

Clive

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fire1I got a call from the store owner saying how amazing I did

You need to change this.

saying what an amazing job I did
OR
saying how amazing I was

The clauses after 'saying' are embedded exclamative clauses. They don't modify anything.

(Try to resist the tendency to call phrases and clauses "modifiers" when you se

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