Adverbial Phrase

An Adverbial Phrase is a linguistic phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb or a prepositional phrase.

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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Noun Phrase.
  • a Prepositional Phrase, such as "I ate (PP from the table]".
  • a Verb Phrase.
• See: Adjective Phrase.

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References

2009

• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adverbial_phrase
  • 1. (grammar) A phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb or a prepositional phrase.
    • Example: Dora ran [as quickly as she could] up the stairs.

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