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Conjunctive adverbs, or simply "conjuncts", do exist, and are different from sentence adverbials.These conjuncts link sentences or paragraphs and usually appear at the beginning of a sentence. The adverbials Anonymous mentioned in their first post, those that tell us something...

Hela wrote: Thanks to all of you. and have a nice week. Hello Once more 1) A day will come when you no longer remember my face. when you will no longer remember my face = temporal adjunct -- describes the action, not the noun (day), not an adjectival clause (not relative...

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.

Hello Roro OED says about the etymology of "cost" as follows. a. OF. coster, couster (mod. coûter) = Pr. and Sp. costar, Pg. custar, It. costare:—L. constôre to stand together, stand firm, abide, be settled or fixed, stand at a price, cost, f. con- together + stôre to stand. The...

I guess if you don't know the verb at all, you're stuck, Lana. There are no prescriptive rules, only guidelines. Greenbaum & Quirk list five differences: (1) The particle of a prepositional verb must precede the object, but the particle of a phrasal verb can either precede or follow the d.o. ...