Timeline for "Suddenly feeling heavier" vs "feeling suddenly heavier."
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| Oct 14, 2014 at 15:04 | vote | accept | wyc | ||
| Oct 13, 2014 at 16:25 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'Suddenly' is never an adjective (I think you mean modifier-of-adjective). Even in '... my chest feeling suddenly heavier' it is modifying the verb, not the adjective. In 'much heavier' or 'considerably heavier', 'much' / 'considerably' modify (adjusts, augments etc the meaning of) the adjective 'heavier'. But 'suddenly' has to refer to the change, ie modify the verb. | |
| Oct 13, 2014 at 12:14 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | Yes, but I wasn't up to writing an answer, you were, and I'd err on the side of leaving a nice clear post for your readers. I've removed my comments now so it might be a bit confusing for the readers here. Anyhow - your post! And it's a good helpful one! | |
| Oct 13, 2014 at 12:12 | comment | added | Elias Van Ootegem | @Araucaria: Thanks, but I'm not a linguist, I'm a geek who firmly believes in the open-source ethics: credit to those who deserve it, and admit to making mistakes. Some may call it apologetic or confessional, I call it being honest | |
| Oct 13, 2014 at 12:08 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | I don't think you need the confessional edit!! it kinda spoils your eloquent prose. I've deleted my comments (and upvoted your answer). I reckon it would be better without the edit note though ;) | |
| Oct 13, 2014 at 12:06 | comment | added | Elias Van Ootegem | @Araucaria: You are absolutely right, I've edited my answer, correcting my mistake | |
| Oct 13, 2014 at 12:05 | history | edited | Elias Van Ootegem | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 13, 2014 at 11:52 | comment | added | Elias Van Ootegem | @Araucaria: In both of the OP's cases, or just the second one? I get what you mean, if you're referring to the OP's second example (suddenly heavier instead of suddenly feeling) | |
| Oct 13, 2014 at 9:21 | history | answered | Elias Van Ootegem | CC BY-SA 3.0 |