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Re: Which part of speech?

From:Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 11, 2005, 16:37
Andreas Johansson skrev:
> Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>: > > >>Andreas Johansson skrev: >> >> >>>Mightn't it be so simple as them saying "adverb" where they mean >> >>"adverbial"? >> >>Unfortunately I'm afraid 'adverbial' as a noun for a syntactic >>subdivision is a Swedish(TM) usage... > > > Ah. You seem to be right. > > Well, clearly, then, we've discovered a point where English could be improved by > a Swedish loan!
"Adverbial phrase" ought to be there already. Otherwise I agree. -- /BP 8^)> -- Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch at melroch dot se Solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant! (Tacitus)