Questions tagged [adverbials]
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How to explain an adverbial modifier being between a verb and an object?
In any Grammar I read I see:
"We don't put adverbs between the verb and the object"
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/adverbs-and-adverb-phrases-position
but when I ...
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“I use my phone to keep in touch with my friends asking them about homework.”
I heard a native speaker say this sentence
I use my phone to keep in touch with my friends asking them about homework.
I wonder why he said ‘asking’ instead of ‘to ask’. Is it a gerund?
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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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'Almost' between the verb and the object
I wonder if I can use the adverb 'almost' between the verb and the object. Can I write,
I ate almost the whole fish.
or do I have to write,
I almost ate the whole fish.
It appears to me both ...
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What does “where” mean in “co-operating with liberal or conservative parties where possible to survive the entire term”?
In their 2020-02-05 column, “Minority report: German politics”, The Economist writes:
In the 1970s West Germany’s two main parties, one centre-left, one centre-right, together captured over 90% of ...
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How can I know when a present-tense verb has a future time implication not strictly a present time one?
When do I know that the present tense has a future implication not a present one?
For instance:
We are making some changes to the speech and we are losing the ‘ocean’
part.
Does the verb losing here ...
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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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Picking out Adverb Phrases from the given sentence
He strove with all his might to escape
According to my Wren and Martin textbook, with all his might is an adverb phrase in the given sentence. But what is to escape? Is it an adverb phrase as well?
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Are adverbials inclined to the subject?Rather than simply modifying the verb
"He writes the word on the board."
If adverbials are simply about the verb, then “on the board” in “He writes the word on the board” can be explained as either an adverbial or an complement, for on ...
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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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“Me either” or “Me too” - what's the correct reply?
My friend, she texted me ' I"m just glad no cougar or bear approached you.'
And I said ' Yeah, Me either'
I mean 'Me too'
Is this correct reply..?
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Disjunct/Adjunct and the focus of cleft sentence
I generally don't follow the terminology and framework of A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language (CGEL) by Quirk et al., rather I follow The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (CaGEL). ...
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Putting a word between “every” and “day”
Can I put any word between every and day in these circumstances:
I feel disappointed every exam day.
He brings his umbrella along every cloudy day.
Thank you.
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Is while in this sentence necessary? [closed]
Today I am supposed to give my introduction in front of a student whom I am going to teach. I have prepared a speech that goes like this
I am Kuldeep Sharma. I am a language trainer. A language ...
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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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future in the past + adverbial clause
I would like to ask a question about the future in the past and the adverbial clause used in the sentence which indicates the future.
I know we can indicate future in the past, for example by using "...
