Questions tagged [adjuncts]
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Can adjectives make adjuncts modifying verbs?
Her teeth gleamed white against the tanned skin of her face.
It seems ‘white’ is an adjunct modifying gleamed, while it’s not a complement for it’s not necessary to complete the meaning. But I’m ...
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complement vs adjunct [closed]
“Funny, isn’t it,” she said, “how the law can have a soft spot like
that? No, someone had seen her in the village at the time Robin went
missing, so she wasn’t really a suspect. It was decided ...
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