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Can the prepositional phrase serve as either the adverbial or the attribute in the following sentence? (1)He can not make a judgement from the outside (attribute?) (2)He had a thrilled expression on his face (attribute?)

Inchoateknowledge · Accepted Answer

come again?

Phoenix PR · Answer

A couple of suggestions for you to consider:

He cannot make a judgment from the outside.
1. In AmE, "cannot" and "can not" are used interchangeably. You could also use "can't" (usually in a more informal setting).
2. In AmE, "judgment" is usually spelled without the "e" (don't ask me why, it just is!).

3. In reading the sentence, I would like a tad more information about "the outside." The outside of what? The outside of a court case (or) the outside of a courtroom, for example?

He had a thrilled expression on his face.
1. The sentence looks fine to me.
2. To simplify one could say, "He looked thrilled."

Selfconfident · Answer

Can the prepositional phrase be served as either the adverbial or the attribute in the following sentence? (1)He can not make a judgement from the outside (attribute?) (2)He had a thrilled expression on his face (attribute?)

Marius Hancu · Answer

from the outside
on his face

seem both adverbials to me.

Selfconfident · Answer

Here is another one.

(3)He takes a walk (around the lake.)(adverbials or attribute of noun?)

and

(4)He is planning a party (for the weekend.)(adverbials or attribute of noun?)

Selfconfident · Answer

Please help me.

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