Identifying adverb?
Hi, everyone.
Could you tell me whether "the same" in the sentence is an adjective , adverb or a pronoun?
The two things look the same.
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The two things look the same . "The same" can be an adjective phrase and an adverb phrase. In your example it's an adjective phrase as predicative complement of "look".
- The two things look the same .
- "The same" can be an adjective phrase and an adverb phrase.
- In your example it's an adjective phrase as predicative complement of "look".
- We can tell it's an adjective phrase because it has the same meaning as the adjective "identical"; compare The two things look identical.
- And it's clear that "the same" is a complement because if we drop it what remains is ungrammatical (* The two things look ).
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The two things look the same.
"The same" can be an adjective phrase and an adverb phrase.
In your example it's an adjective phrase as predicative complement of "look". We can tell it's an adjective phrase because it has the same meaning as the adjective "identical"; compare The two things look identical.
And it's clear that "the same" is a complemen
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