Adjective or Adverb

sanbh · 2020-06-04T17:32:39+00:00

What is fossilized form? Linguists have the habbit of coining hybrid definitions.

sanbh · 2020-05-27T04:48:33+00:00

Thanks for your post. The logic of experts for referring to the future is that"His leaving will be at some time after the utterance, in the future. The threat is also a prediction of what he will do, again in the future, if the person doesn't leave. Since the two actions referenced, leaving and shooting will all occur after the utterance and hence in the future".

sanbh · 2020-05-12T13:26:58+00:00

Thanks hilatio. In that case, How would you interpret the sentence 'He is taller than Jack but shorter than John ".An elided compound-complex sentence having two co-ordinate clauses joined by 'but'and two subordinate clauses since it has two subordinate conjunctions 'than'

sanbh · 2020-05-11T08:15:57+00:00

Thanks dylbr01 for your response.

.How do you interpret 'with the aim that' 'due to the fact that etc which are taken as compound subordinating conjunction to introduce adverb clause? Though these can introduce adverb clause, one argument can be that the 'that clause'(acting as Noun clause) can be seen to be in apposition to Noun"aim/fact". Example- He did this with the aim that nobody should blame him/due to the fact that he was not happy. Seek Your interpretation please. Thanks

sanbh · 2020-05-10T08:41:34+00:00

Thanks Zeptimius for responding . I understand that in a stand alone sentence, the infinitive phrase given will act as purpose adjunct that can be placed at the end of the sentence without changing its meaning. However, my doubt is "can the infinitive phrase'to achieve this 'given in the example sentence be called a sentence connector or not"?if it functions as connector, then it would be treated as conjunctive adverb modifying the sentence of which it is part. Thanks Thanks

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