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Is "alike" an adjective or adverb here?
I know that adjectives describe a noun or a pronoun and adverbs modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
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Jigneshbharati For writers and readers alike I'd say that "alike" is a unique case. I'd call it a determiner because it's a variant of "both". , all, both, some, ...
- Jigneshbharati For writers and readers alike I'd say that "alike" is a unique case.
- I'd call it a determiner because it's a variant of "both".
- , all, both, some, ...
- It's unusual that "alike" occurs after the nouns it applies to.
- On the other hand, you can have Writers and readers are alike.
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JigneshbharatiFor writers and readers alike
I'd say that "alike" is a unique case. I'd call it a determiner because it's a variant of "both".
For writers and readers alike = For both writers and readers
Determiners include a, an, the, this, that, my, our, ..., all, both, some, .... It's unusual that "alike" occurs after the nouns
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