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A class of words that modify the meaning of a verb, adjective, another adverb, clause, or sentence. Examples in English are "quickly", "often" or "today". Not to be confused with adverbials (sometimes also called "modifiers"), which may consist of a group of words and not necessarily of adverbs.
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What is the idea behind calling the adverb the garbage can of words?
Does anybody know about the origin of this metaphora or why adverbs could be regarded as the garbage can among the part of speeches? …
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What kind of phrase is "until recently"?
I learned about prepositions:
they establish a relation with two words
the preposition is followed by an object
-the object of a prepositional phrase is made by a noun phrase
However, I don't kno …
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Is the adverbial phrase and adverb phrase identical?
Some state, they are nothing more but adverbs enhanced by one or more further adverbs
very suspiciously quiet
other say they are prepositional phrases functioning as adverbs
I threw a stone … into the bucket
and still others say they consist of an adverb enhanced by other adverbs and prepositional phrases. …
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Which word is the head of the phrase "somewhere there"?
Now in somewhere there, both words are adverbs , so it has to be an adverb phrase and it's function is a subject. …
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Is "down at the bar" an adjective phrase or adverb phrase?
There are three parts of speeches attributed to "down" in the dictionary: adjective, adverb and verb.
I understand , that at the bar is a sub phrase and a prepositional phrase.
I don't know the rules …
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Do other languages than English have verbals ,too?
As I understand it, verbals are nouns,adjectives and adverbs which are derived from verbs. …
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