By Expressions, Adverbs

If you take the point of view that perfect is an 'absolute' (non-gradable) adjective, an adjective of which there can be no degrees -- a point of view being disputed in this thread, but for the sake of argument, let's say we take this viewpoint -- then more perfect is impossible...

.The adverb is in the wrong place for the usual expressions:They happily played with firecrackers together.They happily visited their home.He is happily eating food.

Thanks, KooyeenBy the way, after googling it a liitle bit, I came across a web page that describes different adverb clauses with time expressions. If someone's still interested, here is the link:http://esl.about.com/library/grammar/blgr_adverbclauses_time.htmSo, the right answer to my...

Hi, I found out that a person can use the phrase 'for example' as a phrase to introduce and emphasize something, but also I found out it is an conjunctive adverb and should be able to function as an adverb. As to it being a conjunction, the examples of it and details of it escape...

The prepositions are both fine and natural, but in AmE we'd add a third, so to speak. We use the expression (idiom) "line up" to form a line. I guess BrE is "que." I don't know if it can stand alone, or if it's "que up," or if I'm spelling it...

There is no consensus on how to handle numerals. They are like determiners and like nouns. Some grammarians just use "numeral" as another part of speech, like "noun" or "verb".I offer this analysis, but there are surely others.fifty is a noun acting as a...

Hi, It is known to me that conjunctive adverbs which seem to connect two independent clauses can function as simple adverbs and appear parenthetically within a clause; and they also seem capable of being the first word of a sentence. It's usually helpful to supply actual examples of the...

If you ask me, I would go with the first. The general pattern is that an adverb comes in front of an adjective, therefore the expression ''new (adverb) messy (adjective)'' is preferred.

. CJ