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Shugao Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Is 'today' and adverb in any of the sentences below?

today is an adverb or a noun Is today an adverb in any of these sentences.If so, why?

What's the date today?
He's going to ring you at some point today.
Today is even hotter than yesterday!
Is that today's paper?
He left today, which is a Tuesday, so he should be back today.
  

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Here is my best explanation.... shugao What's the date today? What is the date (of) today?

  • Here is my best explanation....
  • shugao What's the date today?
  • What is the date (of) today?
  • It is possessive.
  • Only nouns take possessive case.
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Here is my best explanation....
shugao
  1. What's the date today? What is the date (of) today? It is possessive. Only nouns take possessive case.
  2. He's going to ring
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Pat whistled a tune today

Noun or adverb?

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