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Debpriya De Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

use of adverb with relative clause

This is the closest I have come to victory.
Is the above sentence grammatically correct ?
If so, what is the fuction of "closest" in the sentence ? Is it a noun or an adverb ?
  

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Debpriya De Is the sentence above grammatically correct ? Yes. Closest is an adjective, and the sentence contains no relative clause.

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  • Debpriya De Is the sentence above grammatically correct ?
  • Yes.
  • Closest is an adjective, and the sentence contains no relative clause.
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Debpriya DeIs the sentence above grammatically correct?
Yes. Closest is an adjective, and the sentence contains no relative clause.

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If "closest" is an adjective, what is it qualifying, and how is "I have come to victory" connected to the first part of the sentence ? Is it an adjective complement ?
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Debpriya DeIf "closest" is an adjective, what is it qualifying
I’m not sure if it’s "qualifying" anything.
Debpriya Dehow is "I have come to victory" connected to the first part of the sentence ? Is it an adjective complement ?
I can’t answer with certainty. These questions of yours will have to wait until someone mor
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Debpriya DeIf "closest" is an adjective, what is it qualifying, and how is "I have come to victory" connected to the first part of the sentence ? Is it an adjective complement ?
This is the closest I have come to victory.

The adjective phrase "the closest I have come to victory" is a predicative complement relating to the subject "This". Subje
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Thanks BillJ, you have really clarified it for me.
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What about the sentence "You have to train the hardest that you have ever trained to win the tournament" ?
Is this an example of adverb complement, since "hardest" is a superlative adverb here ?
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