Meaning of sentence
Could you please help me about the meaning of this sentence?
"What once was glacier has been reduced to a small patch of ice atop a volcano"
Particularly, "what once was ....." I could not understand form of this sentence. Is "once" an adverb in this sentence or conjuction?
Thank you very much.
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gray modern 251 Is "once" an adverb in this sentence or conjuction? adverb "at one time (in the past)" gray modern 251 What once was glacier has been reduced to a small patch of ice atop a volcano. ~ The thing that was once a glacier has shrunk to a little area of ice at the top of a volcano.
- gray modern 251 Is "once" an adverb in this sentence or conjuction?
- adverb "at one time (in the past)" gray modern 251 What once was glacier has been reduced to a small patch of ice atop a volcano.
- ~ The thing that was once a glacier has shrunk to a little area of ice at the top of a volcano.
- CJ
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gray modern 251Is "once" an adverb in this sentence or conjuction?
adverb "at one time (in the past)"
gray modern 251What once was glacier has been reduced to a small patch of ice atop a volcano.
~ The thing that was once a glacier has shrunk to a little area of ice at the top of a volcano.
CJ
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