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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Is "dumb" an attribute?

Dumb with amazement, I slumped into my chair.
  

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Anonymous Is "dumb" an attribute? In what sense?

  • Anonymous Is "dumb" an attribute?
  • In what sense?
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AnonymousIs "dumb" an attribute?
In what sense?
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Is "dumb" an attribute in the sentence: Dumb with amazement, I slumped into my chair?
Or it it for example dumb with amazement?
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From the dictionary:

(Grammar) a word or phrase that is syntactically subordinate to another and serves to limit, identify, particularize, describe, or supplement the meaning of the form with which it is in construction.

Then yes, 'dumb (with amazement)' is an attribute.

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