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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Sentential adverb or not?

Would you say that the adverb, "frankly" is modifying "give", or is it modifying the whole proposition?

Frankly I dont give a damn.
  

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Anonymous Would you say that the adverb, "frankly" is modifying "give", or is it modifying the whole proposition? Frankly I dont give a ****. No.

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  • Anonymous Would you say that the adverb, "frankly" is modifying "give", or is it modifying the whole proposition?
  • Frankly I dont give a ****.
  • No.
  • I think frankly modifies an implied speaking (frankly speaking I don't give a ****).
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AnonymousWould you say that the adverb, "frankly" is modifying "give", or is it modifying the whole proposition?

Frankly I dont give a ****.



No.

I think frankly modifies an implied speaking (frankly speaking I don't give a ****).

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Sorry, that's "Frankly, I don't give a ****."
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Hi guys,

Rhett Butler said 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a ****'.

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Sentence adverbs modify the whole sentence or clause and express the speaker's or writer's attitude or approach to the sentence, he is making. Therefore, in the given sentence "Frankly" is sentence-adverb, as it modifies the whole sentence. But if it were told as "I don't give frankly a ****.", it would be an adverb of manner, as it would modify the verb.

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So, dnguha, what does "hopefully" modify here?

"Hopefully, he'll come tomorrow.
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