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BlackBlitz Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Instead of/Except.
"I ate chicken instead of pork."
"Everyone except him went to the store"
What does the above prepositional phrases modify? I was thinking the nouns, but it doesn't really answer which ones or what kind. Help please?
"Everyone except him went to the store"
What does the above prepositional phrases modify? I was thinking the nouns, but it doesn't really answer which ones or what kind. Help please?
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Hmmm, actually it might be adverbial since you can move the phrase anywhere in the sentence.
"Instead of pork, I ate chicken"
"Except him, everyone went." or "everyone went except him"
I guess one could say that these phrases modify the entire clause by telling us the circumstance. hmmm..
"Instead of pork, I ate chicken"
"Except him, everyone went." or "everyone went except him"
I guess one could say that these phrases modify the entire clause by telling us the circumstance. hmmm..
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Edit.
Sorry. I forgot about the chicken.
I'd say "instead of pork" modifies "chicken."
I think the use of "does it answer the question X" is great for including a usage, but not always effective for excluding one.
Sorry. I forgot about the chicken.
I'd say "instead of pork" modifies "chicken."
I think the use of "does it answer the question X" is great for including a usage, but not always effective for excluding one.
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BlackBlitz one could say that these phrases modify the entire clause by telling us the circumstance.Such a plan would indeed favor an adverbial conclusion, but I see these as clearly adjectival - eg., what I ate, not how I ate it; who went, not how they went.
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