By Adjuncts

Hi everyone, could anyone decipher how you would classify 'Within seconds'? 'while'? 'when'? 'who'? 'apparently'?'somehow'? and 'closely'? I'm struggling with the differences between different adjuncts, so I need a little help. Thank you again. Sincerely, Melissa

Hello Casi Thank you for the detailed explanation. I think I got finally what you are saying. Please let me try to rephrase with my words what you are saying and please check if it is right. She By the way is it true we can never say "his it"?

Mr M Thank you for pointing my mistake. I made a stupid mistake as usual (^^). Yes, "crawl" is an intansitive verb. So the diagrammiing should be: (4) {It} { } "up my arm" is the adjunct to "crawled slowly" and "slowly" is the adjunct to "crawled" paco

Hello Guest Can I use 'be an adjunct to' instead of 'modify'? Then I would analyze your sentences the way this; (1) {She} { } "up" is the adjunct to "crawled slowly" and "slowly" is the adjunct to "crawled" "my arm" is the object of the verbal phrase "crawled slowly up" paco

Casi To tell the truth I don't know much about linguistic. I merely read some online handouts about generative grammar by Upenn's Beatrice Santorini. I read them just because I thought they would help me to deepen the understanding why English grammar is as it is. Maybe you know Japanese and...

Say the right words in the right order. Make subjects and verbs agree in number. Use the correct case for all pronouns. Add "ed" to form the past tense. Add "s" to form plurals. Add "'s" to form possessives. Invert subject and verb in a question. Don't use a countable singular noun without an...

- For adjunct, i understand it. - For "the" tiger, it means the tiger that speaker and listener already know it. - In case of tiger that the speaker has seen it at the first time or by chance, and when speaker and listener don't know it before "a" tiger should be used. --> right? (y) Very...

"on the hill" is an adjunct -- it's giving extra information about the location of the tiger. Adjuncts are not obligatory, and therefore can be left out. Your second sentence is perfectly grammatical. The difference is simply that you do not give the location of the tiger. The tiger could be...

Yes, it's correct, and 'yesterday' I would consider a sentence adjunct-- an adverbial of time modifying the whole sentence, because it can be placed almost anywhere without changing its reference or the meaning: Yesterday the weather was beautiful. The weather was beautiful yesterday. The...

Hello CJ again, Thank you for the detailed explanation. I'll review what you've taught me. "The thief would be nice to catch" sounds best fit the review, so please allow me to use it. #1 (IC). The IC appears, by the transformation, to get changed from a noun phrase to a complement (or...