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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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What part of speech?
In "Country X is double the size of country Y," what part of speech is "double" and what does it modify? Thank you very much.
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double (like twice) is an adverb (of degree) in this context.
It modifies size.
(Look up double and twice at www.m-w.com.)
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It modifies size.
(Look up double and twice at www.m-w.com.)
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