Adverb, just about adverb...
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Emdyey
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Adverb, just about adverb...
The suspect was forced to pay the victim's hospital bills.Is the phrase in bold letters an adverb? Does it answer "why"?
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Alan
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Re: Adverb, just about adverb...
Not according to the normal definition/understanding of 'adverb'. It is simply a complemental verb phrase, more traditionally termed a dependent infinitive.