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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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"The visitors pump a couple of long balls forward which come to not a lot." (The Guardian's sport report.)

Does the adverb "not" modify "a lot" or the verb "come" in the above?
  

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It modifies "a lot".

  • It modifies "a lot".
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It modifies "a lot".
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GPYIt modifies "a lot".
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