adverb

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adverb

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He kept on walking unawares.

"unawares" is an adverb.
What does "unawares" modify? "kept on" or "walking"?
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Re: adverb

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A moot point, since both are constituents of the verb phrase, but the common-sense answer would be 'walking'.
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