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Adjective or Adverb

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:41 am
by peterjames
In the following sentence is, "further," an adjective or adverb?
We hope that we can go further than last time.
Originally I thought further modified go ..therefor an adverb but since I re-read I feel it modifies last time and therefor must be an adjective.

Re: Adjective or Adverb

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 3:51 am
by Alan
Your first thought was correct: it is indeed an adverb.

It would be an adjective only in e.g. a further opportunity.