Questions tagged [adverbial-phrases]
Adverbial phrase (also known as adverb phrase) is a term for two or more words functions adverbially (i.e. as an adverb).
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for long vs. for a long time
I have not heard from him for long or for a long time.
Can I use for long and for a long time in the above sentence interchangeably? Or do these phrases have different meaning and usage?
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Is there a difference in meanig between “as someone told you to” and “as someone told you”
a. You didn't come home late last night, as your Dad told you to.
b. You didn't come home late last night, as your Dad told you.
Do these mean:
Your Dad told you to come home late last ...
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“For how” or “for the way”
I'm having trouble with this key word transformation exercise is what it is.
Andrew’s behaviour was unforgivable. EXCUSE
There’s .......... Andrew behaved.
The answer in the answer key is:
There'...
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Can you explain me why?
I'm studying english now and something confused my mind.
Question;
"On average, the Japanese car companies are ........ ones in the world market.
A) the most productive
B) more productive
I ...
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“as mentioned earlier” or “as mentioning earlier”
I have recently been reading reducing adverb clauses to adverb phrases, and I was wondering why we cannot reduce "As I mentioned earlier..." to "As mentioning earlier...".
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so that… usage
1) You must carry on so that you will succeed
2)You must carry on so that you may succeed
3)You must carry on so that you can succeed
My grammar book is saying that sentence1 is wrong and ...
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Adverb clause of comparision
example1: “He is wiser that I”
example2: “He is wiser than me”. I know example1 is correct and example2 is grammatically wrong. But please check the below conditions
Sentence1: “I found her ...
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“winning the lottery” vs “having won the lottery” vs “with/by winning the lottery”
I am working with clauses with adverbial meaning, and here is my sentence:
Were I to win the lottery, I would have all (of) that money spent fast.
Keep in mind that I have to express condition.
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Can I use almost and job together?
My question, as I said in the title, is that can I use almost and job together? For example, is the sentence below correct (meaning and place of almost)?
Unfortunately, there is almost no job ...
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Man, it's not easy to decide
I'd love to hear your opinions. Please tell me which one is correct or incorrect.
the original sentence:
You all must have played this game at least once.
You don't have to take specific context into ...
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the early months
In the first few months**,** when he stayed at the hotel, he went to restaurants a lot.
In the first few months when he stayed at the hotel, he went to restaurants a lot.
In the early months**,** ...
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Ajective and Adverb grammar
adjectives followed by prepositional phrases.Is it adjectives or adverbs
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Example: He is afraid of rats.
She is scared of cats.
Are both "of rats " and "of cats" adverb prepositional phrases?
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as if in a superhero movie/as in a superhero movie
a. Those kids were talking as in gangster movies.
b. Those kids were talking as if in a gangster movie.
(Meaning: They were talking the way they do in gangster movies.)
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is it correct to say “at the lessons”?
Many Russian textbooks use the adverbial "at the lessons" meaning that something takes place during some lessons/classes.
For example: "Children call each other names at the lessons".
I heard that ...
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Which type of adverbial is “ about this policy”?
“I will think again about this policy.” In my view, “about this policy” is a preposition phrase, functioning as an adverbial. But I don’t know which type of adverbial this phrase is.
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Is “ located on the upper side than…” understandable?
It should be located above the line.
For some reasons, I need to rephrase the sentence above using "upper side". My drafts are as follows:
It should be located on the upper side than the line.
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Sentence starting with a prepositional phrase
This is from a TOEFL practice book:
Of all the lawsuits in the world, _____ in US courts.
A. Filed 95 percent of them
B. 95 percent of them are filed
C. That filed are 95 percent of them
D. Which ...
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What's the grammar of these sentences? Reduced adjective/adverbial clauses? How?
I'm trying to improve my writing, hence I started looking at some examples expressing a single goal in different form of sentences. I found this example which I couldn't figure out its grammatical ...
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Easier accessible?
Is it correct to say “It is easier accessible”?
I think the correct way is to say
“It is accessible more easily”
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“It is easier to access something”.
I think that we cannot describe an ...
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Is there an adverb like “in during”, for a meaning similar to “on the way”?
I am inclined to use the phrase "in during" to end some of my sentences. Here's an example:
I was headed to the library, and I've talked with my mom on the phone in during.
Does this phrase exist? ...
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Is “every bit” an adverb?
I found out 'every bit' is similar expression to 'entirely'
while reading through another post put up on here.
So in this line (from the movie 'Dead poets society' Source:Yarn Clips):
"It's every ...
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Using “get to” rather than “arrive at”?
Is this a grammatically and syntactically correct sentence?
When you have got to at home you have to get on with the work straight away.
I want to say when a person arrived at home he has to ...
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Can this clause function as an adverbial of reason?
I couldn’t analyse the structure of this sentence properly. Specifically, i don’t know what is the function of the clause “over giving weighting factor to the role of youngsters.”
This is the whole ...
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Is it wrong to use “as + to + be + past participle” to mean “as it will be past participle”?
I know I can say:
As it will be shown in the following section, strawberry is a cute fruit!
Can I recast this as
As to be shown in the following section, strawberry is a cute fruit!
I am ...
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Analyzing “This was the long way, which we had to go”
This was the long way, which we had to go.
I think this sentence is grammatically correct and which is referring to the long way and there is no need to use that to restrict the long way because as ...
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Do you consider them as parenthetical phrases or adverbial phrases?
We, for our part, admitting the fact that no feat of
intelligence and character is so exacting as that required of two
people who desire to live permanently together on a basis of amity,
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Use of words 'very' and 'same' together
Does the word 'very' qualify the adjective 'same' or is it the opposite?
They will be in the same very state.
They will be in the very same state.
Which one is correct?
And can this be ...
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Is the verb use in this sentence correct?
When finished with digging out ancient objects, archaeologists must interpret what they have found.
As far as l know 'V+ing' must be used in this example because we use 'V3' with passive. Am I wrong?
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Does the second paragraph convey the intended meaning? If not, how can I rewrite it?
The Qinghai Tibet Railway, the highest in the world, begins
operation on Saturday. The first train will leave Golmud, the
second largest city of Qinghai Province in Northwest China, for
Lhasa, ...
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Use of Sooner than +v3 or v1
She would resign sooner than / take part in / such dishonest business
deals.
There is no error in the above sentence as per my book.
Shouldn't there be 'taking part' instead of 'take part'? Could ...
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Everywhere vs. Anywhere
Nowadays all merchants of Westeros sell dragonglass. So you can find it ____ .
A.Everywhere
B.Anywhere
Which fits better A, B or both ?
I know A is true, but B also makes sense to me.
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More than+ noun
In the following sentence
More than 60% of the population lives below poverty line.
I think live will be correct instead of lives.
Correct me if i am wrong.
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The meaning of “as”
What is the meaning of "as" in the following sentences?
Nature’s editors rejected the paper (and will not, as is normal procedure in the case of rejection, confirm that they actually received it).
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The order of the verb and adverbial phrase in question
Which order is correct?
How much milk is in the fridge left?
How much milk is left in the fridge?
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Verb + [adverb clause] + - ing
When we use "verb + - ing" forms, Is it possible to put adverbial phrases between "verb" and "- ing" ? I saw that example down below and it made me think. I suppose "come + -selling" means that the ...
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Home vs at home
I'm at home.
I usually take my breakfast home (without preposition).
I usually take my breakfast at home(or at my home ;with preposition)
In the first sentence, at home is an adjective preposition ...
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What “upside down relative to each other” means?
Sheet A is generally placed on sheet B, but sheet A can be placed under sheet B.
I am trying to rewrite the sentence above I created by using "upside down". My examples are as follows:
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“Friday I am in love” or “On Friday I am in love”?
The question itself is wider. If I am not mistaken, putting “Friday” in the song title by the Cure means “On Friday”. Can we use it everyday and not only with days of the week but other time markers, ...
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It took two hours for her to finish her homework
It took her two hours to finish her homework.
It took two hours for her to finish her homework.
Q: I know #1 is correct and I guess #2 is also correct/natural.
What is your opinion?
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Is a fronted phrase describing a state of mind a “fronted adverbial”?
My son's learning about fronted adverbials at school (at the age of 11). When he goes to write one, he generally comes up with things like this (when asked to do a sentence for a picture with a car in ...
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Adverbial Phrase? [closed]
Apologies for the long question. I will request if someone can please answer this thoroughly as it will help me put a lot of pieces of grammatical puzzle together.
If possible, please answer only ...
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“the Book, the Qur'an, is without a doubt revealed from Allah.” What is the meaning of this sentence?
The Book, the Qur'an, is without a doubt revealed from Allah.
It can be understood in two ways:
There's no doubt that Quran is from Allah.
Quran doesn't contain any doubt and is revealed from Allah.
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Is ‘switched on’ a prepositional verb?
He switched on a table lamp to banish the gloom of a winter afternoon.
Is ‘switched on’ a prepositional verb?
Is ‘To banish the gloom’ an infinitive phrase functioning as adverb, modifying the verb.
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What clause element is this please?
When she got into the car at five, ready for the fifteen-mile drive across London, it wouldn't start.
What does this stretch of language represent? Is it an adverbial?
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Interpretation of adverbial clauses meaning time or condition, such as when, if
I'm learning English with text books, and one of them says tenses of adverbial clauses which means time or condition(such as when-clause or if-clause) depend on the main clauses to which they are ...
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Should it be “carefully” instead of “careful” in this sentence?
He paused outside the doors, taking stock of his men, careful not to give any sign of his thoughts. (source)
My understanding is the phrase "careful not to give any sign of his thoughts" is an ...
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Can “indefinite article” in the expression “on a … basis ” be changed to a definite article?
Salary is paid on a monthly basis.
I created the sentence above. It is assumed here that a year is divided into several periods. For example, each period has three months, and salary is sometimes ...
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Does “two consecutive columns have the same color in every two columns” make sense?
The image above shows an Excel worksheet. I am trying to describe how cells in row 3 are colored. It is not necessary to describe what color it is. My example is as follows:
Cells in row 3 are ...
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Reduction of conditional adverb clauses
This would have been a lot easier taking her in the house.
What could be the complete form of this sentence?
Context: A few hired men are going to kidnap a girl from her school so one of them is ...
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Word “that” after adverbial clause
May I put the word "that" after the adverbial clause and not right after the object "defects"?
"The purpose of the inspection is to identify defects on the electrical installation in the area that ...
