Questions tagged [predicative-adjuncts]
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Articles before noun adjuncts
A Marxist book, an anarchist's guide, attacks on the institution of the family, songs celebrating illegal drugs, films and television plays celebrating physical violence, or showing crime as ...
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You cannot use a pronoun and 'be' after an adjunct
Page 554 of Collins English Usage reads
You cannot use a pronoun and 'be' after an adjunct:
✳At the top of the steps it was.
You say it was at the top.
Why is it so?
Does this apply to other ...
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Adjuncts in front position: Do they provide the reason behind the main clause's action?
I'm having an argument with a friend about the role of predicative adjuncts in front position and whether they modify the reason behind the action in the main clause.
Examples: "Tired and sleepy, she ...
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"Literary feel" of writing
I read on the British Council website how to transform the following sentence into another structure.
The original sentence was:
Soaked to the skin, we eventually reached the station.
This was ...
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