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SuperESL Posted 14 years ago
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"Stalin made his important speech on agricultural collectivization on 13 October 1935, then still the heyday of High Stalinism."
Does the second clause work as an annex to the first? If yes, what part of speech is 'then' here? Thank you.
Does the second clause work as an annex to the first? If yes, what part of speech is 'then' here? Thank you.
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Yes, it's often called a supplementary adjunct (adverbial). Notice how it is set off from the main clause by a comma. "Then" is traditionally called an adverb (though some call it a preposition).
- Yes, it's often called a supplementary adjunct (adverbial).
- Notice how it is set off from the main clause by a comma.
- "Then" is traditionally called an adverb (though some call it a preposition).
- In your example, "then" is clearly anaphoric, so it is a pro-form whose antecedent is the preposition phrase "on 13 October 1935".
- We understand that 'on the 13 October 1935, it was still the heyday of High Stalinism'.
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Yes, it's often called a supplementary adjunct (adverbial). Notice how it is set off from the main clause by a comma.
"Then" is traditionally called an adverb (though some call it a preposition). In your example, "then" is clearly anaphoric, so it is a pro-form whose antecedent is the preposition phrase "on 13 October 1935". We understand that 'on the 13 October 1935, it was still the hey
"Then" is traditionally called an adverb (though some call it a preposition). In your example, "then" is clearly anaphoric, so it is a pro-form whose antecedent is the preposition phrase "on 13 October 1935". We understand that 'on the 13 October 1935, it was still the hey
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Thank you so much for your detailed response. Allow me to follow up with a question regarding the use of preposition as conjunction:
"This sense of urgency was clearly expressed in Stalin's speech to a Party Congress on 12 September 1941, with the war with Germany reaching its height and Moscow beginning negotiations with Britain and the United States over the terms o
"This sense of urgency was clearly expressed in Stalin's speech to a Party Congress on 12 September 1941, with the war with Germany reaching its height and Moscow beginning negotiations with Britain and the United States over the terms o
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