Dear CalifJim. I copied it from the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language by Rodney Huddleston (P144-145) I had a hard time reading the description about it by the writer. Here is the passage: Past time adjuncts in experiential

Hi There seems to be a lot of confusion about conjuncts and other adverbials. Adverbials function in a clause in four different ways: as adjuncts , subjuncts , disjuncts and conjuncts . Each class has a different range of meanings and

Hello everybody, Could anybody show me exaples for 5 sentences containing?: 1.an adjunct of consession, 2.a non-finite clause functioning as a subjest complement, 3.a to-infinitival non-finite clause functioning as a subject, 4.a non-finite

hi there, actually the above statement is giving the answer of where question ..(when in a business meeting) so it apparently becomes clear that it is adjunct adverbial... and let me tell you one thing adverbial is a group of words that do the

Hey Miriam, When you say " When other structures are the theme of a sentence (complements, adjuncts), you call those marked themes." Do you mean all adjuncts? Inculuding conjunctive adjuncts? In this sentence " For

Prepositional phrases as adverbs are very common. Here are some: She met me in the kitchen . Adverb of place I saw her in the morning . Adverb of time I left without my trousers . Adverb of manner Thank you very much for the

I'm sorry, but how would that look? In my class we don't need to say that the prepositional phrase is modifying anything, because it comes "implied", but for example, I've never seen a prepositional phrase having the function

I'm sorry, but how can it be an Adverb? Wouldn't it be a Prepositional Phrase, and since it acts as an adverb, it would be an adjunct as it tells "where". Well, in my class we do things like this: What it is/What its function is.

Hello, I need some help looking at this adjectival group.I really appreciate the help. That drink tastes worse in a paper cup. That Drink = Nominal Group, Function = Subject. It's comprised of a Determiner and a Head Noun (That &

Hello, Specter. In your sentence "Working for him doesn't interest me," "working for him" is the subject and the rest is the predicate. The subject happens to be a gerundive (or gerundial, as some call