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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

what kind of phrase is this

0unable to see clearly,02br
02br
00I know unable is and adj and clearly is an adv so I want to know how to brake down this sentence into phrases0-
  

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0First, it is not a sentence, but is only a phrase. You should also know that some grammarians prefer to include 01i 00be (un)able to02i 00 among the semi-auxiliarie verbs. In that case, your phrase would parse as:02br 02br 01i 00[be] unable to see02i 00-- V02br 01i 00clearly02i 00 -- Adverb modifying V02br 02br 00If we consider 01i 00unable02i 00 an adjective:02br 02br 01i 00unable02i 00 -- Adj02br 01i 00to see clearly02i 00 -- infinitive adverbial clause modifying01i 00 unable02i 02br 01i 00clearly02i 00 -- Adverb modifying 01i 00see02br 02br 02i 00 0-

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  • 0First, it is not a sentence, but is only a phrase.
  • You should also know that some grammarians prefer to include 01i 00be (un)able to02i 00 among the semi-auxiliarie verbs.
  • In that case, your phrase would parse as:02br 02br 01i 00[be] unable to see02i 00-- V02br 01i 00clearly02i 00 -- Adverb modifying V02br 02br 00If we consider 01i 00unable02i 00 an adjective:02br 02br 01i 00unable02i 00 -- Adj02br 01i 00to see clearly02i 00 -- infinitive adverbial clause modifying01i 00 unable02i 02br 01i 00clearly02i 00 -- Adverb modifying 01i 00see02br 02br 02i 00 0-
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0First, it is not a sentence, but is only a phrase. You should also know that some grammarians prefer to include 01i00be (un)able to02i00 among the semi-auxiliarie verbs. In that case, your phrase would parse as:02br
02br
01i00[be] unable to see02i00-- V02br
01i00clearly02i00 -- Adverb modifying V02
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