In Adjuncts^x, Verbs^x

After the fire, very little remained of my house ." "of my house" is a predicative or an attributive of "very little After the fire = temporal adjunct (time adverbial phrase) little = subject (noun) very = modifies the subject, an attributive adjective. After the fire ... remained...

1-- The parentheses are unnecessary; the clause contained is a nominal clause acting as an adjective modifying girl . 2-- That is a relative pronoun referring to girl ; it could be replaced by who(m) . 3-- Draw little lines separating the various parts (subject, verb, object, adjuncts) into...

Do you think that Mr P's utterance below is one that states an opinion or is it one of simply giving information? <English doesn't spread because of the irresistible charm of phrasal verbs and Cockney rhyming slang. It spreads because it's the adjunct of certain political and economic...

Milky wrote: In some contexts, the spread of English marginalises the status of local and regional languages and potentially undermines or erodes local cultural values. Do you agree with that statement? English doesn't spread because of the irresistible charm of phrasal verbs and...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Welkins2139 wrote: Inchoateknowledge wrote: Some people say that it is wrong for the government to spend much money on artistic projects, such as paintings and sculptures in public places ." "In public places , an adverbial phrase, modfies on artistic projects , an...

Welkins2139 wrote: Inchoateknowledge wrote: Some people say that it is wrong for the government to spend much money on artistic projects, such as paintings and sculptures in public places ." "In public places , an adverbial phrase, modfies on artistic projects , an adjective phrase. " ...

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Some people say that it is wrong for the government to spend much money on artistic projects, such as paintings and sculptures in public places ." "In public places , an adverbial phrase, modfies on artistic projects , an adjective phrase. " "In public places ,...

Isn't "to have met you" a noun phrase (an infinitive phrase)? A clause requires a finite verb, and an infinitive ("to have") is a nonfinite verb. Anyway, "to have met you" modifies the adjective "glad", so I guess it could be seen as a kind of adverb. Unfortunately, these grammatical terms...

I am glad to have met you . why the noun clause is a adjective complement I do not know. Is it not an causal adjunct, (an adverb) ? Adjuncts can be dropped, complements can not. I am glad -- this sentence is fine, so the noun clause should not be called a complement.

Mary was working at Pete's Cafe, where(?) (she was the only female). at Pete's Cafe is a prep phrase in locative adjunct (adverbial) position. The relative clause is an adverbial clause and an adverb modifier.