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And a good day to you Mr P I see your point But they are different situations It s not logical to suggest that one grammar pattern can extend to all situations there are obvious semantic considerations Allow me to explain and then please point out where you feel I ve erred As I ve often mentioned...

Thank you Mister Micawber and Casi I really appreciate the replies Your response has definitely helped Melissa

There are three basic adjunct types Halliday 1994 1 experiential circumstance location 2 textual conjuncts they bond clauses 3 modal writer s attitude However textual unfortunately modal we can t meet at noon experiential Here are my guesses Within seconds circumstance while conjunct when...

Sorry Melissa your question appears to be drifting off the board I cannot locate Halliday s classification of adjuncts I don t have the Bloor Bloor text and its contents do not appear to be available on the internet But I can bump this back up and perhaps another member will know the answer

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

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 English...

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 article Put...