Is thousand of miles acting as adverb ?
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Chemical insecticides have often spread thousands of miles from where they were originally used.
In above sentence, Is thousand of miles acting as adverb ? because Spread is an intransitive verb, it can't take direct verb.
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Chemical insecticides have often spread thousands of miles from where they were originally used . I'm inclined to say that the underlined NP as direct object of "spread", and the PP "from where they were originally used" as a complement within that NP.
- Chemical insecticides have often spread thousands of miles from where they were originally used .
- I'm inclined to say that the underlined NP as direct object of "spread", and the PP "from where they were originally used" as a complement within that NP.
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Chemical insecticides have often spread thousands of miles from where they were originally used.
I'm inclined to say that the underlined NP as direct object of "spread", and the PP "from where they were originally used" as a complement within that NP.
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