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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
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One of the features of written academic English that gives it its greater complexity is longer sentences, with more frequent use of subordinate clauses

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is the prepositional phrase "with more..." an adverb explaining Why or how "written academic English that gives it its greater complexity"?

is "that gives it its greater complexity" an adjective that describes "academic English"?

  

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Jigneshbharati is "that gives it its greater complexity" an adjective that describes "academic English"? No, it is not an adjective. Adjectives are words like small , hot , and blue .

  • Jigneshbharati is "that gives it its greater complexity" an adjective that describes "academic English"?
  • No, it is not an adjective.
  • Adjectives are words like small , hot , and blue .
  • It is a noun modifier.
  • " an adverb explaining Why or how "written academic English that gives it its greater complexity"?
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Jigneshbharatiis "that gives it its greater complexity" an adjective that describes "academic English"?

No, it is not an adjective. Adjectives are words like small, hot, and blue.

It is a noun modifier. The noun it modifies is "features."

Jigneshbharatiis the prepositional phrase "with more..." an adver
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Jigneshbharatiis the prepositional phrase "with more..." an adverb

A prepositional phrase cannot be an adverb.

Prepositional phrases: in the car, with the children, across the road, ...
Adverbs: today, here, soon, often, carefully, very, ...

The preposition phrase "with ..." modifies "sentences". The unnecessary comma m

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