Is "prior to" working adverbially?
"It does not occur more than one calendar month prior to the start of training."
Im confused as to which words are modifying what in this. Is "more than one calendar month" performing adverbially, and "prior to the start of training" adverbially modifying that phrase?
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It does not occur [ more than one calendar month ] prior to the start of training . The whole underlined expression is a PP (preposition phrase) headed by "prior", functioning as a temporal adjunct in clause structure. The bracketed expression more than one calendar month is a noun phrase functioning as a modifier in the structure of the PP.
- It does not occur [ more than one calendar month ] prior to the start of training .
- The whole underlined expression is a PP (preposition phrase) headed by "prior", functioning as a temporal adjunct in clause structure.
- The bracketed expression more than one calendar month is a noun phrase functioning as a modifier in the structure of the PP.
- (Note that more than one is a DP (determinative phrase) functioning as determiner to calendar month.
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It does not occur [more than one calendar month] prior to the start of training.
The whole underlined expression is a PP (preposition phrase) headed by "prior", functioning as a temporal adjunct in clause structure.
The bracketed expression more than one calendar month is a noun phrase functioning as a modifier in the structure of the
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