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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
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Yours sincerely

"I am yours sincerely."

Does "sincerely" modify the copula "am" in this sentence ?
  

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I am yours sincerely.-- This is not a natural-sounding English sentence. What is its context?
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It is the original form of the valediction "Yours sincerely".(According to Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valediction
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I see. It is nothing we use today.
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Okay, I have another question regarding the role of adverbs.

He is happy when he is with her.

Isn't the adverbial clause "when he is with her" modifying the copula 'is" ?
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'He is when he is'?? I don't think so. It seems a sentence adverbial to me.
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