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Vocabulary
More than twice as quickly
"Ecosystems in the southern hemisphere bounced back more than twice as quickly as those in the north after the devastating asteroid impact that annihilated the dinosaurs, research suggests." (The Guardian.)
Is "more than twice as quickly" an adverb phrase in the above sentence? Does it modify the verb "bounced back"? Is "the devastating asteroid impact that annihilated the dinosaurs" a noun phrase? Is "as those in the north" a verbless clause with the implied "did" in it, i.e. "as those [did] in the north"?
Is "more than twice as quickly" an adverb phrase in the above sentence? Does it modify the verb "bounced back"? Is "the devastating asteroid impact that annihilated the dinosaurs" a noun phrase? Is "as those in the north" a verbless clause with the implied "did" in it, i.e. "as those [did] in the north"?
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Anonymous Is "more than twice as quickly" an adverb phrase in the above sentence? Yes. Anonymous Does it modify the verb "bounced back"?
- Anonymous Is "more than twice as quickly" an adverb phrase in the above sentence?
- Yes.
- Anonymous Does it modify the verb "bounced back"?
- Yes.
- Anonymous Is "the devastating asteroid impact that annihilated the dinosaurs" a noun phrase?
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AnonymousIs "more than twice as quickly" an adverb phrase in the above sentence?Yes.
AnonymousDoes it modify the verb "bounced back"?Yes.
Anonymous Is "the devastating asteroid impact that annihilated the dinosaurs" a noun phrase?Yes.
Anonymous Is "as those in th
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