Voxxi  +  140138 Wed, 21 Sep 05 11:13 AM In a complex sentence that has (1) an independent clause with a linking verb (be, become, feel etc), and (2) a dependent adverb clause, what does the adverb modify?  For instance:- (1) He is great because he had a fine education. (2) He became CEO after he had worked in the company for 10 years.     Voxxi Joined on Sat, Jul 9 2005 Interstellar New Member 36 Twinkle, twinkle little st r ... Verbs, Clauses, Adverbs

	Mister Micawber  +  140236 Wed, 21 Sep 05 03:45 PM To me they are sentence adverbs-- they modify the main clause as a whole. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,760 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Verbs, Clauses, Adverbs

	Voxxi  +  140244 Wed, 21 Sep 05 03:58 PM You may be right.  If so, what does that make the independent clause the equivalent of -- a verb, an adverb or an adjective (i.e., those parts of speech which an adverb modifies)? Voxxi Verbs, Clauses, Adverbs

	Mister Micawber  +  140465 Thu, 22 Sep 05 07:14 AM From the dictionary, ***: Adverb: (noun):   the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses (noun):   a word that modifies something other than a noun Mister Micawber Nouns, Verbs, Clauses, Adverbs