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adverbial modifier (am) adverbial modifier (am) adverbial modifier (adjunct or adverbial, as it is sometimes called) is an optional, peripheral syntactic element in a verb phrase, clause or sentence which modifies, comments on or expands the circumstances of the action or event in terms of such entities such as time, place, manner, degree, intensity, reason, frequency etc. adverbial modifier can occupy different positions in a verb phrase or clause and while it may be useful, it may also be potentially confusing that the name of this constituent is so similar to the name of the word class of adverbs and adverbial phrases. very often adverbial modifier is realized by adverbs and adverbial phrases but it can be realized, as we shall see later, by a wide range of other syntactic elements. we have already established that adverbial modifier is an optional element in all verb phrases and types of complementation. …

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sound odder than others, but at least the optional adverbial can move into positions between other clause elements, and sometimes even interrupt clause elements (e.g. by occurring between the auxiliary and the lexical verb) . adverbial modifiers indicate how, when, why or where the activity or situation expressed by the main verb took place and it is very useful as a memory aid to consider them to be answering the implicit questions introduced by these words. adverbial modifiers are often referred to as enlargements (as opposed to complements) in order to emphasize the fact that these constituents are not obligatory elements in a phrase, clause or sentence structure. the most common realizations of adverbial modifiers after intransitive, transitive and copulative verbs (in this order) are presented in the table below. adverb we usually eat around seven o’clock. the company officially denied all responsibility. i’ve been very tired lately. adverbial phrase …

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here. if we ask `what is affected by the process of losing? ` or `what did eric lose? `, the answer is his keys. this noun phrase is therefore the direct object in the first sentence. in the second sentence, we can identify the direct object if we ask ourselves a question `who is affected by the process of meeting? ` or `who(m) did we meet? `. the answer is sallie and therefore we may say that this proper noun functions as direct object. direct object is a syntactic unit which appears in monotransitive, ditransitive and complex transitive complementation. in broad terms, since direct object completes the meaning of the verb it follows, it is a kind of verb complement even though this term is in most textbooks limited to object complement. as for the position of direct object in verb phrases, when direct object follows monotransitive verbs it is …

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irect object (io) in addition to direct object there is a minor verb phrase element known as indirect object. the typical role associated with indirect object is that of a goal/receiver or beneficiary. in syntactic terms indirect object is recognized as a constituent within ditransitive constructions (verb phrases with two objects), which immediately follows the head verbs and precedes direct object. ditransitive verbs allow leave save ask lend send bring make serve charge offer show envy order spare find owe teach fine pay tell forgive promise throw give read wish grant refuse etc. hand reserve many textbooks insist on the fact that indirect object cannot occur without a direct object following it. even though it can be said that indirect object in most clauses and phrases does not occur without direct object, this is not always the case. consider the following sentences: the book bridget gave him is very compelling. …

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these pronouns function as indirect object. hardly can we formulate a rule out of these two sentences, but we might dare to say that indirect object can occur without direct object in clauses in which direct object even though not directly implied, can be easily traced in the deep structure. another disputable question regarding indirect object as a verb phrase constituent is: `should we regard prepositional phrases appearing after certain ditransitive verbs as indirect objects or adverbial modifiers?` are the prepositional phrases to raphael and to adults in the following sentences indirect objects or adverbial modifiers? lucy handed a letter to raphael. i thought english to adults. in cambridge grammar of english the construction `object noun phrase + prepositional phrase with to` is named transitive oblique and this term refers to `a type of ditransitive complementation in which the recipient of the direct object is obliquely put in a focus`. …

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adverbial modifier (am) adverbial modifier (am) adverbial modifier (adjunct or adverbial, as it is sometimes called) is an optional, peripheral syntactic element in a verb phrase, clause or sentence which modifies, comments on or expands the circumstances of the action or event in terms of such entities such as time, place, manner, degree, intensity, reason, frequency etc. adverbial modifier can occupy different positions in a verb phrase or clause and while it may be useful, it may also be potentially confusing that the name of this constituent is so similar to the name of the word class of adverbs and adverbial phrases. very often adverbial modifier is realized by adverbs and adverbial phrases but it can be realized, as we …

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