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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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Is this an adverbial?

0I'm trying to learn sentence analysis, and I'm confused by some ánalyses' in my textbook.02br
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00for example:02br
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00''Í was looking forward to a warm drive home in the car I had recently bought.''02br
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00direct object: a warm drive home 02br
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00adverbial: in the car 02br
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00subclause in a noun phrase: I had recently bought02br
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00I would say the direct object is: 01i00a warm drive home in the car I had recently bought02i02br
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00If would be very helpful if someone could clarify this.0-
  

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0 I take it you are asking whether "in the car" adjectively modifies "a warm drive" [#1 below] or adverbially modifies "look forward" [#2 below]02br 00 1. 02br 00 2. 02br 00Structurally we might be allowed to read it in both ways.

— Paco2004

  • 0 I take it you are asking whether "in the car" adjectively modifies "a warm drive" [#1 below] or adverbially modifies "look forward" [#2 below]02br 00 1.
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  • 02br 00Structurally we might be allowed to read it in both ways.
  • But to me the second reading seems weird semantically.
  • 02br 02br 00paco 0-
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0 I take it you are asking whether "in the car" adjectively modifies "a warm drive" [#1 below] or adverbially modifies "look forward" [#2 below]02br
00 1. I was looking forward to (a warm drive in the car).02br
00 2. I was looking forward to a warm drive (in the car).02br
00 = (In the car) I was looking forward to a warm drive.02br
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