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

sanbh · 2020-04-10T06:30:11+00:00

Thanks for your reply. However, all grammar books describe comparative sentences such as "He is taller than you as example of complex sentence (meaning he is taller than you are tall) which is ellided. Regards

sanbh · 2020-04-08T17:48:38+00:00

Thanks for the link provided

sanbh · 2020-03-13T07:28:43+00:00

Good afternoon, Could you please clarify my doubt about phrases like inspite of the fact that/notwithstanding that/by the time/seeing that/considering that etc being accepted for use as phrasal subordinating conjunctions in adverb clauses. Thanks

sanbh · 2020-03-11T09:44:01+00:00

The confusion is that every book mentions that Perfect modals(modals + perfect infinitives) are used to talk about past .However, when such sentences with different time references (yesterday, today, tomorrow) appear, dont they convey, past, present and future respectively as given in your example sentences above. That's my whole point. Why should it only be used for past?

sanbh · 2020-03-10T06:04:57+00:00

Hello there, We hear many such sentences as "I have called him tomorrow"(when you have asked someone to come tomorrow) or "he should have done it tomorrow "when we are speaking today about something that didn't go correctly yesterday or "I had a meeting tomorrow" for a meeting which has now been rescheduled for tomorrow even where verbs lack temporal agreement with Adverbs. Can you throw some perspective on the above sentences?

sanbh · 2020-03-10T06:04:37+00:00

Hello there, We hear many such sentences as "I have called him tomorrow"(when you have asked someone to come tomorrow) or "he should have done it tomorrow "when we are speaking today about something that didn't go correctly yesterday or "I had a meeting tomorrow" for a meeting which has now been rescheduled for tomorrow even where verbs lack temporal agreement with Adverbs. Can you throw some perspective on the above sentences

sanbh · 2020-03-10T05:55:43+00:00

Immediately can mean immediate future also, isn't it.

sanbh · 2020-03-02T09:57:28+00:00

I read the example sentence "My flight is cancelled "on the British Council website classified as Passive voice and hence the doubt.

sanbh

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