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#414543 Wed, 05 Sep 07 03:14 PM

Please help me.

1, My allergies were just nowhere near as severe.

2, I don't suffer anywhere nearly as bad.

My questions:

The word 'nowhere' is an adverb, right?

The word 'near' is an adjective, right?

The word 'anywhere' is a noun, right?

The word 'nearly' is an adverb, right?

Thanks
LiJ

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Please feel free to correct any words I wrote.LiJ

Verbs, Nouns, Adverbs

Mister Micawber

#415023 Thu, 06 Sep 07 01:16 PM

All four words here (nowhere, anywhere, near, nearly) are adverbs here. The use of these adverbial phrases ('near' here is the flat adverbial form of the adjective 'near') is informal.

Mister Micawber

Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004

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Verbs, Adverbs

Liveinjapan

#415039 Thu, 06 Sep 07 01:36 PM

Thanks Mister Smile [:)]

I understand adverbial phrases.

LiJ

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