The speech part of including me is an adjective or adverbial phrase
Five people, including me, are interested in English.
Here in the sentence, the speech part of including me is an adjective phrase which modifies Five people or it is an adverbial phrase which puts an additional information of Five people? Or can I say that including me as an adverbial phrase modifies Five people, there?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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including is a preposition; me is a pronoun, the object of the preposition. including me is thus a prepositional phrase just as except me would be. I don't think it matters much whether you consider that prepositional phrase adjectival or adverbial, but it is placed immediately after a noun, so that argues for 'adjectival'.
- including is a preposition; me is a pronoun, the object of the preposition.
- including me is thus a prepositional phrase just as except me would be.
- I don't think it matters much whether you consider that prepositional phrase adjectival or adverbial, but it is placed immediately after a noun, so that argues for 'adjectival'.
- CJ
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including is a preposition; me is a pronoun, the object of the preposition.
including me is thus a prepositional phrase just as except me would be.
I don't think it matters much whether you consider that prepositional phrase adjectival or adverbial, but it is placed immediately after a noun, so that argues for 'adjectival'.
CJ
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