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Latest post Sun, Mar 26 2006 5:29 AM by Mister Micawber. 1 replies.
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Anonymous  +  209665 Sun, 26 Mar 06 05:23 AM

Tonight, they will be taking a rather short walk up into the mountains.

Tonight, rather, and up are all adverbs but what does UP modify?
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Mister Micawber  +  209667 Sun, 26 Mar 06 05:29 AM

I'd call it a sentence adverb-- it modifies the main clause (They will be taking a walk -- Where?  Up into the mountains).
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