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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Speech part of 'forward'

There were steps forward, but not dramatic ones.

Here in the sentence, the speech part of 'forward' is an adjective that is modifying steps behind or an adverb modifying the verb were?

What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual!
  • [only before noun] directed or moving towards the front The door opened, blocking his forward movement.a forward pass (= in a sports game)
  • [only before noun] (specialist) located in front, especially on a ship, plane or other vehicle the forward cabins A bolt may have fallen off the plane's forward door.

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Here in the sentence, the speech part of 'forward' is an adjective that is modifying steps behind or an adverb modifying the verb were? I would say that "forward" is an adverb modifying the noun "steps" in the clause "There were steps forward".

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  • Here in the sentence, the speech part of 'forward' is an adjective that is modifying steps behind or an adverb modifying the verb were?
  • I would say that "forward" is an adverb modifying the noun "steps" in the clause "There were steps forward".
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Hans51There were steps forward, but not dramatic ones.Here in the sentence, the speech part of 'forward' is an adjective that is modifying steps behind or an adverb modifying the verb were?
I would say that "forward" is an adverb modifying the noun "steps" in the clause "There were steps forward".
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Thank yo so much and then is there a meaning difference from "There were forward steps"? I think that there is no meaning difference between them. What do you think?

Thank you so much!
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