If there aren't the words 'seasonally adjusted' in the sentence, I can leave out 'a', right? Thanks. EDIT: Does the 'a seasonally adjusted 1%' work adverbially? Osaka, Japan Senior Member 2,805Please feel free to correct any words I write. LiJ . If there aren't the words 'seasonally adjusted' in the sentence, I can leave out 'a', right?-- Yes; in fact, you would have to do so. Does the 'a seasonally adjusted 1%' work adverbially?-- The cardinal number is a post-determiner, so seasonally is an adverb and adjusted is an adjective modifying percent (%). . Understand. Thanks, Mr M. Does the 'a seasonally adjusted 1%' work adverbially?-- The cardinal number is a post-determiner, so seasonally is an adverb and adjusted is an adjective modifying percent (%).Is percent a noun here? The phrase 'a seasonally adjusted 1%' looks like a noun as a whole. And that raises to me another question: Can the verb decline take a noun as an object? That's why I thought (still think since you haven't said 'NO') the phrase works adverbially although it looks like a noun. Osaka, Japan Senior Member 2,805Please feel free to correct any words I write. LiJ . Yes, percent-- even the symbol (%)-- is a noun. How many percent? One percent. That indeed makes a seasonally adjusted 1% a noun phrase. ...declined a seasonally adjusted 1%-- Ah! Now I see what you mean about an adverb function. Yes, maybe it is-- but as the head of a prepositional phrase with an elided preposition??-- ...declined by a seasonally adjusted 1%. Maybe there will be other opinions. . Thanks a million, Mr M. Understand! I agree and I often see 'by' being dropped. Osaka, Japan Senior Member 2,805Please feel free to correct any words I write. LiJ | |
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