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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Modifiers and adjuncts
What is the difference between modifiers and adjuncts ? Please explain.
I read in a book that the term "adjunct" is used to cover both "modifier" and supplements". Is that correct ?
I read in a book that the term "adjunct" is used to cover both "modifier" and supplements". Is that correct ?
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My book says this: Adjunct - any part of a sentence which could in principle be removed without making the sentence ungrammatical. An adjunct is always an adverbial of some kind. Modifier - Any word or phrase which limits he meaning of another word or syntactic unit.
- My book says this: Adjunct - any part of a sentence which could in principle be removed without making the sentence ungrammatical.
- An adjunct is always an adverbial of some kind.
- Modifier - Any word or phrase which limits he meaning of another word or syntactic unit.
- Both terms, as you see, are very general and so are used in different ways by different grammarians.
- Since supplementive clauses are often adjectival, they would be modifiers but not adjuncts, according to those definitions.
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My book says this:
Adjunct - any part of a sentence which could in principle be removed without making the sentence ungrammatical. An adjunct is always an adverbial of some kind.
Modifier - Any word or phrase which limits he meaning of another word or syntactic unit.
Both terms, as you see, are very general and so are used in different ways
Adjunct - any part of a sentence which could in principle be removed without making the sentence ungrammatical. An adjunct is always an adverbial of some kind.
Modifier - Any word or phrase which limits he meaning of another word or syntactic unit.
Both terms, as you see, are very general and so are used in different ways
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