Not a single missile Not adverb
Why is 'not' considered an adverb in this sentence? I think it's modifying a noun here.
Not a single missile got through the defense system.
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mehdi kord Why is 'not' considered an adverb in this sentence? I think it's modifying a noun here. Not a single missile got through the defense system.
- mehdi kord Why is 'not' considered an adverb in this sentence?
- I think it's modifying a noun here.
- Not a single missile got through the defense system.
- Grammar is often debatable.
- Don't I know it.
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mehdi kordWhy is 'not' considered an adverb in this sentence? I think it's modifying a noun here.
Not a single missile got through the defense system.
Grammar is often debatable. Don't I know it. I'd say that "not" modifies the adjective "single".
0mehdi kordWhy is 'not' considered an adverb in this sentence? I think it's modifying a noun here.
I don't think it's either an adverb nor a modifier.
In my opinion it's a determiner. Or part of a compound determiner 'not a single'. The point is that it's a quantifier, and quantifiers are determiners.
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0mehdi kordWhy is 'not' considered an adverb in this sentence? I think it's modifying a noun here.
Not a single missile got through the defense system.
Adverbs also modify noun phrases. In my opinion, Not, an adverb, in the NP Not a single missile is an external modifier in that NP. "Not" externally modifies the
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