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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
only adverb use
1. There are only a limited number of tickets available.
2. Only five people turned up.
#1 and #2 are the example sentences given by my dictionary under the category of "only's" adverb use.
Q) They look like an adjective modifying the noun "a limited number of tickets(in #1) and "five people(in #2) in each sentence.
How come they can be adjectives?
2. Only five people turned up.
#1 and #2 are the example sentences given by my dictionary under the category of "only's" adverb use.
Q) They look like an adjective modifying the noun "a limited number of tickets(in #1) and "five people(in #2) in each sentence.
How come they can be adjectives?
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moon7296 How come they can be adjectives? In #1, 'only' modifies the quantifier 'a (limited) number of' In #2, 'only modifies the adjective 'five'.
- moon7296 How come they can be adjectives?
- In #1, 'only' modifies the quantifier 'a (limited) number of' In #2, 'only modifies the adjective 'five'.
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moon7296How come they can be adjectives?In #1, 'only' modifies the quantifier 'a (limited) number of'
In #2, 'only modifies the adjective 'five'.
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