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Square Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
"long" is used as an adverb
Insects appeared on earth long before the earliest mammals.
In this sentence "before" is a preposition and "long" is an adverb.
What word does the adverb modify?
Thank you.
In this sentence "before" is a preposition and "long" is an adverb.
What word does the adverb modify?
Thank you.
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What word does the adverb modify? It modifies before . Before the earliest mammals.
- What word does the adverb modify?
- It modifies before .
- Before the earliest mammals.
- For what period of time before the earliest mammals?
- Long before the earliest mammals.
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SquareIn this sentence "before" is a preposition and "long" is an adverb.What word does the adverb modify?It modifies before.
Before the earliest mammals.
For what period of time before the earliest mammals?
Long before the earliest mammals.
CJ
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Thank you. I also guessed so. However, I am confused. I learned that an adverb can modify a verb, an adverb, an adjective or a sentence. Now here it modifies a preposition. That is strange to me.
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SquareNow here it modifies a preposition. That is strange to me.You were taught the most usual examples. This is another example to learn.
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