ESL General English Grammar Questions

ESL General English Grammar Questionshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)Stative Verbs/Adverbs/more questionshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerbsAdverbsQuestions/wgdzl/post.htmFri, 17 Apr 2009 16:26:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698609BlackBlitz0http://www.englishforums.com/English/StativeVerbsAdverbsQuestions/wgdzl/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-698609.xml1. What exactly is an adverb of place? I know that it describes where the action takes place. "I was swimming at the pool" At the pool = adverb place But then someone told me that it can modify any direction of the verb. "I stole the clothes from the store" From the stole = sounds like the direction/place of stealing, BUTTT... it also can modify "the clothes" And what about this sentence, "I received a gift from him" and "I banned him from the school" 2. With stative verbs, I can't think of any adverbs of place. "I want the book there" vs. "I want the book to be there" In the first example, "there" modifies the book and in the second "to be...