[Forum] RE: Adverb Clauses

Okay! Now, I see it. Webster's says that "because of" is a preposition. It's not acting as an adverb. This book is great, except for these little surprises they throw in. It goes along a straight line with adverb, and then it throws in a prepositional phrase out of the blue. But, that is g

[Forum] Sentence analysis

Hello, all. "These changes are [b]just enough[/b] for you to notice." Looking for (hopefully) a consensus on how (best?) to describe the bolded adverb phrase. I'm aware that within language description there can exist various (infuriatingly) interpretations. First thought was that 'just eno

[Forum] RE: "So" is technically a conjunctive adverb?

Well, "so" can be a conjunction or an adverb... But conjunctive adverb? That's a new one on me. It's entirely possible there's something I'm not aware of, but I can't think of a reason to ever treat it that way.

[Forum] RE: door to door vs door-to-door

Oxford says that, as an adverb, no hyphens. But [I]The American Heritage Dictionary[/I] says to hyphenate it as an adverb. Take your pick. My preference is no hyphens as an adverb.

[Forum] RE: When an adverb that is part of a modifying phrase is modified by another adverb

Thanks, Emmes. Good advice!

[Forum] RE: When an adverb that is part of a modifying phrase is modified by another adverb

Both of these phrases are perfectly clear without hyphens. I'd ditch them.

[Forum] RE: awkward adverb

If you replace "quicker" with "faster," you'll see that it's fine. As RG pointed out, it's flat adverb (and it certainly reads much better than "everything changed more quickly than...").

[Forum] RE: When an adverb that is part of a modifying phrase is modified by another adverb

I would rephrase before I would be concerned about hyphens. A highly praised debut. An uninteresting story.

[Forum] Adverb as part of the subject

"The fashionably-late appeared and insinuated themselves into the delicious conversations." Does the no-hyphen, adverb rule apply here? The author and I disagree.

[Forum] RE: In Between

in between: adverb in between: preposition in-between: noun according to M-W U, and here it's the first: --- in between adverb : between --- be·tween adverb \bi-?tw?n, b?-\ 1 a : in an intermediate position in relation to t