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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
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Yesterday

Sir,



Yesterday the weather was beautiful.


is this sentence correct?

"yesterday" is an adverb here.But what does it modify in the given sentence?

Thanks.
  

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Yes, it's correct, and 'yesterday' I would consider a sentence adjunct-- an adverbial of time modifying the whole sentence, because it can be placed almost anywhere without changing its reference or the meaning: Yesterday the weather was beautiful. The weather was beautiful yesterday. The weather yesterday was beautiful.

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  • Yes, it's correct, and 'yesterday' I would consider a sentence adjunct-- an adverbial of time modifying the whole sentence, because it can be placed almost anywhere without changing its reference or the meaning: Yesterday the weather was beautiful.
  • The weather was beautiful yesterday.
  • The weather yesterday was beautiful.
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Yes, it's correct, and 'yesterday' I would consider a sentence adjunct-- an adverbial of time modifying the whole sentence, because it can be placed almost anywhere without changing its reference or the meaning:

Yesterday the weather was beautiful.
The weather was beautiful yesterday.
The weather yesterday was beautiful.
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