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Types of Adverbials: Example: There's A Kid Rock Concert Tomorrow Night in San Diego. (
Types of Adverbials: Example: There's A Kid Rock Concert Tomorrow Night in San Diego. (
1.
Identify the adverbial(s) in each of the following sentences. Label the phrasal category and
identify the type of adverbial.
Example: There's a Kid Rock concert tomorrow night in San Diego. ( COCA:MAG )
Category Type
Answer tomorrow night NP aA
:
in San Diego PP aA
a.
Unfortunately Frontier got caught in those cross hairs. ( COCA:NEWS )
b.
That includes, by the way, all personal pronouns and proper names. ( COCA:NEWS )
c.
To my annoyance, tears came to my eyes. (COCA:FIC )
d.
Independence was finally brokered in 1960. ( COCA:ACAD )
e.
Finally, the festival of Holiya draws to a close with the dawn prayer. ( COCA:ACAD )
f.
A wickedly high heel is key to cranking up the sex quotient of an otherwise tame outfit.
(COCA:MAG )
g.
Otherwise, all government officials would emigrate. ( COCA:MAG )
h.
The cows might tell you otherwise. (COCA:MAG )
i.
I stupidly blurted a sentry's challenge. (COCA:FIC )
j.
It all makes me stupidly happy. (COCA:MAG )
k.
Stupidly I left some bags laying next to the pack. ( COCA:MAG )
2.
Linguistic purists often argue that hopefully should not be used as in (a) but only as in (b):
a.
Hopefully, the day will come when Turkey takes its place in the EU. ( COCA:ACAD )
b.
the kind of clinching evidence that Lowe could not uncover but that Kent hopefully
anticipates finding. (COCA:ACAD )
What are the different uses exemplified above and what is the meaning of hopefully in
each? How could you argue that both uses should be permissible.
1.