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Stenka25 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
The meaning of a sentence
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pound-for-Pound-This-Cake-s-a-Winner-2988404.php
Historically, pound cake got its name from the fact that it contains a pound each of flour, butter, eggs and sugar -- that's it. No leavening, with the ample amount of eggs providing rising power.
The underlined part of the sentence seems to me that pound cake got its name because each pound cake contains a pound of flour, butter, eggs and sugar.
Am I right?
Just one more question. It seems that 'each' in this sentence is used as an adverb.
Am I right?
Regards.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pound-for-Pound-This-Cake-s-a-Winner-2988404.php
Historically, pound cake got its name from the fact that it contains a pound each of flour, butter, eggs and sugar -- that's it. No leavening, with the ample amount of eggs providing rising power.
The underlined part of the sentence seems to me that pound cake got its name because each pound cake contains a pound of flour, butter, eggs and sugar.
Am I right?
Just one more question. It seems that 'each' in this sentence is used as an adverb.
Am I right?
Regards.
Top answer
Am I right? Yes. The name comes from the equal weight of the four ingredients, one pound.
- Am I right?
- Yes.
- The name comes from the equal weight of the four ingredients, one pound.
- In the noun phrase "each pound cake," each is a determiner.
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Stenka25The underlined part of the sentence seems to me that pound cake got its name because each pound cake contains a pound of flour, butter, eggs and sugar.Am I right?Yes. The name comes from the equal weight of the four ingredients, one pound.
In the noun phrase "each pound cake," each is a determiner.
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AlpheccaStars Stenka25The underlined part of the sentence seems to me that pound cake got its name because each pound cake contains a pound of flour, butter, eggs and sugar.Am I right?Yes. The name comes from the equal weight of the four ingredients, one pound.In the noun phrase "each pound cake," each is a determiner. I would call it an adjective.
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Thanks a lot as always, AlpheccaStars.
But when I asked what part of speech 'each' is, I mean that of 'a pound each of flour' not of 'each pound cake'.
I think of the latter as determiner, but the former as adverb.
Do you agree with me?
(If the former also is determiner can you give me another example sentence?)
Regards.
But when I asked what part of speech 'each' is, I mean that of 'a pound each of flour' not of 'each pound cake'.
I think of the latter as determiner, but the former as adverb.
Do you agree with me?
(If the former also is determiner can you give me another example sentence?)
Regards.
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AnonymousI would call it an adjective."Each" is not gradable. It cannot be modified by an adverb. So it is classified in a different category from the adjectives.
Adjective: small
Gradable: smaller, smallest
Modified by adverb: very small
Each - there is no such thing as eacher or eachest.
"Very each" makes no sense.
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