Search results for 'tag:Adverbs tag:Clauses' matching tags 'Adverbs' and 'Clauses'

Re: HELP! (noun/adjective/adverb clauses)

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:19:58 GMT

don't feel bad im in 8th grade and learning this right now and i dont get it eather. Good luck!!

Re: in bare feet

Avangi — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:16:05 GMT

We walked barefoot on the beach. Here, "barefoot" is an adverb telling only how we walked.

We walked on the beach in bare feet. Here, the prepositional phrase "in bare feet" is also adverbial in function, but modifies the entire clause, "we walked on the beach." The preposition "in" shows the relation between the "mode" in which we appeared and the action we performed. The "in" is not optional.

We decided to go to the dance in costume / in full evening dress / in our work clothes / in the nude.

You should not try to perform the tango while the orchestra is playing in waltz time. Of course you don't have to use a prepositional phrase. You could say, "while the orchestra is playing a waltz."

- A.

Re: nominative absolute clause..

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:39:35 GMT

Yes, it is. This is otherwise referred to in grammar as ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION. By definition, it is a reduced adjective or adverb clause that functions as sentence modifier indicating time and causality. This type of construction is commonly used more in writing than in speaking. I hope I've been able to help you in this matter.

Re: Poet's license?

Cool Breeze — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:19:16 GMT

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In these sentences:
1. From the East to the West I love you the best.
2. You're the girl that I love best.
What' the reason for (not) modifying "girl" be the definite article?

I'm not sure I understand your question. The is needed before girl because of the restrictive relative clause, which implies that there is only one such girl. The could be omitted before best in the first sentence because the best is an adverb, not an adjective. Nor is the needed before East and West because they are opposites.

Re: Questions about preposition

26TMNTJG2PG — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:40:56 GMT

Your posting appears all right.

The 'only' functions in the sentence as an adverb modifying the verb 'answers'.

Yes, the 'besides' is a preposition showing the relation between the two clauses with the latter being the noun clause as its object.

Re: few, tag questions

Teo — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:29:11 GMT

There are several adverbs and determiners which are negative in meaning but not in form. They include: seldom, rarely; scarcely, hardly, barely; little, few (in contrast to the positive a little and a few) They can effect clause negation: for example sentences in which they appear generally require a positive tag question.

1. There are few students in the classroom, __ there? (A) are (B) aren't

I think the answer is A because few is negative in meaning. Am I right?

3. There are only a few students in the classroom, __ there? (A) are (B) aren't

Is only a few positive or negative in meaning?

Re: Position of clause- saying that they are

bhikkhu1991 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:08:33 GMT

Hello Marius Hancu,

Thank you for your advice. Your advice has lead to other posts in this forum, and one of them, CalifJim' s reply to Njiksi's thread 'Adverbial clause of time', has referred me to www.google.com and searched for 'adverbial clause' on the Internet. As a result of having the opportunity to visit other websites as well, I finally found some solutions to my problem of this topic.

According to Richard Nordquist of About.com on the Internet, he taught that the underlined words in the following second and third examples are called participial phrases modifying nouns,I. A participial phrase is flexible, a structure that can be placed at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence.

The following examples are your replies:

I obtained the news from the newspaper, saying they are the current happenings. [you're saying ..Adverbial (how did I get??)

Saying they are the current happenings, I obtained the news from the newspaper.[you're saying ... Adverbial (how did I get??

In the 2nd and 3rd sentence, the "saying" is done by me (I). I said that they are the current ...

As for your comments, Adverbial (how did I get??, Dictionary.com on the Internet defines 'adverbial' as a word or group of words functioning as an adverb. An adverb is a part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb. Thus, both of the underlined examples are called participial phrases modifying nouns.

By the way, I will attempt to italicize examples to ease your readability. However, I regret to inform you that I will not follow this method of italics in other people's threads and so on because it is not a rule of grammar as far as I know.

Finally, I would like to thank again for your advice. It has improved my learning of English.

Thank you.

With best wishes.

Re: Position of clause- saying that they are

Marius Hancu — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:52:43 GMT

HOW did: that is adverb/adverbial, don't you see the question?

WHAT KIND OF: that is adjective/adjectival

This is everything and I won't add more. Read your grammar books. Make some searches at this site for

adjectival

adverbial

(top right Search box)

and read some of the resulting theads.

Re: LIKE NOTHING WRONG

Avangi — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:47:15 GMT

Hi Sn, It's natural enough, except that you don't need two conjunctions to connect two clauses; and verbs of sense (like feels and seems and smells) act like verbs of being, and take adjectives rather than adverbs.

Although outside he behaves like nothing is wrong, deep down inside he feels very nervous. OR Outside he behaves like nothing is wrong, but deep down inside he feels very nervous.

Best regards, A.

comma after a conjunctive adverb?

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:14:42 GMT

Hi,

I think the words 'in the mean time" and "finally" are conjunctive adverbs and can be said to be sentence adverbs, (I think) meaning they modify the whole sentences/clauses.

I have trouble if any of these conjucntive adverbs comes after the conjunction "and" in that I am not sure whether I need to put a comma (or commas) or not.

Have seen these bits from the Google Book search:

... and, in the meantime, the mortgagor bacame ...
... and, in the meantime, honoured me with his own remarks, ...
... and in the meantime you will be
..., andin the meantime, applied part of the rents and profits ...