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Optional and obligatory adverbials.
I can'r figure out.
Adverbials are obligatory when the sentence structure demands one or when their absence changes the meaning of the verb.
Adverbials are non- obligatory when they are not necessary for the structure of the sentence.
She left the room without saying a word.
“Without saying a word” neither influences the meaning of the verb-form, nor changes the structure or the meaning of the rest of the sentence, no matter how important it is from the communicative viewpoint.
So what do you think,did I distinguish types of adverbial modifiers correctly?
1. In spite of his being busy, he did all he could to help her.
In spite of his being busy – non-obligatory?
2. But for you I wouldn’t be here at all.
But for you – obligatory?
3. Everybody was present except Jane.
Except Jane - non-obligatory?
Adverbials are obligatory when the sentence structure demands one or when their absence changes the meaning of the verb.
Adverbials are non- obligatory when they are not necessary for the structure of the sentence.
She left the room without saying a word.
“Without saying a word” neither influences the meaning of the verb-form, nor changes the structure or the meaning of the rest of the sentence, no matter how important it is from the communicative viewpoint.
So what do you think,did I distinguish types of adverbial modifiers correctly?
1. In spite of his being busy, he did all he could to help her.
In spite of his being busy – non-obligatory?
2. But for you I wouldn’t be here at all.
But for you – obligatory?
3. Everybody was present except Jane.
Except Jane - non-obligatory?
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Three for three. Do you understand why 2 is obligatory?
- Three for three.
- Do you understand why 2 is obligatory?
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In spite of his being busy, he did all he could to help her.
In spite of his being busy – non-obligatory? No it is obligatory adverbial.
2. But for you I wouldn’t be here at all.
But for you – obligatory No it is not obligatory
3. Everybody was present except Jane.
Except Jane - non-obligatory? Yes it is non obligatory since it does not change the sentence meaning
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