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BlackBlitz Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Several confusing grammar questions! Again -.-
Thanks Avangi and Alphabecca for helping me with my previous post.
1. I know that adverbs USUALLY modify the verb.
"I see the book on the floor/at the window"
CalifJim says that "on the floow/at the window" is modifying the book (which book?), and not the verb. Now, I'm all confused... when do adverbs modify an object or the verb, especially if the verb is stative?
2. "I made a cake for him"
"him" is the indirect object. But "for him", is that considered an adverb of made, or adj. of cake (a cake which is for him". Or maybe "for him" doesn't modify anything?
3. "I want the cake (to be) at my house"
I'm confused about whether "at my house modifys the "want" or the subject complement of the cake.
Thanks
1. I know that adverbs USUALLY modify the verb.
"I see the book on the floor/at the window"
CalifJim says that "on the floow/at the window" is modifying the book (which book?), and not the verb. Now, I'm all confused... when do adverbs modify an object or the verb, especially if the verb is stative?
2. "I made a cake for him"
"him" is the indirect object. But "for him", is that considered an adverb of made, or adj. of cake (a cake which is for him". Or maybe "for him" doesn't modify anything?
3. "I want the cake (to be) at my house"
I'm confused about whether "at my house modifys the "want" or the subject complement of the cake.
Thanks
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These are a bit different from the previous post. "Tomorrow" as an adverb is very likely to modify the verb. But these are prepositional phrases.
- These are a bit different from the previous post.
- "Tomorrow" as an adverb is very likely to modify the verb.
- But these are prepositional phrases.
- " When you decide what it modifies, then, in fact, you are deciding what it is.
- In your third example you effectively admit that it's ambiguous.
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These are a bit different from the previous post. "Tomorrow" as an adverb is very likely to modify the verb. But these are prepositional phrases. You can't necessarily look at a prepositional phrase standing by itself, and say, "That is an adverbial prepositional phrase."
When you decide what it modifies, then, in fact, you are deciding what it is. In your third example you effective
When you decide what it modifies, then, in fact, you are deciding what it is. In your third example you effective
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