Using adverbs with determiners
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Possessive determiners may be modified with an adverb, as adjectives are, although not as freely or as commonly as is the case with adjectives. Such modification is generally limited to such adverbs as more, less, or as much ... as (comparative) or mostly (superlative), for example in This is more my team than your team, This is less my team than your team, This is as much my team as your team, and This is mostly my team.
It seems to me that the adverb is modifying is, not my. Are there any cases where an adverb is clearly modifying a determiner, or is the statement from Wikipedia simply incorrect?
Note: I've now been bold as per Wikipedia's policy and removed the content I found dubious. I've linked to an old edit that still contains the text I've quoted.
adverbs grammatical-structure determiners adverb-position possessive-determiners
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Possessive determiners may be modified with an adverb, as adjectives are, although not as freely or as commonly as is the case with adjectives. Such modification is generally limited to such adverbs as more, less, or as much ... as (comparative) or mostly (superlative), for example in This is more my team than your team, This is less my team than your team, This is as much my team as your team, and This is mostly my team.
It seems to me that the adverb is modifying is, not my. Are there any cases where an adverb is clearly modifying a determiner, or is the statement from Wikipedia simply incorrect?
Note: I've now been bold as per Wikipedia's policy and removed the content I found dubious. I've linked to an old edit that still contains the text I've quoted.
adverbs grammatical-structure determiners adverb-position possessive-determiners
asked Dec 11 at 20:33
CJ Dennis
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Perhaps Wikipedia is mistaken. It's not exactly the ideal grammatical site. This seems like confusing Parts Of Speech with constructions. Most of these are Comparative or Equative constructions, which have their own unique grammar that is not explained by "possessive determiners may be modified with an adverb".
– John Lawler
Dec 11 at 20:42
If adverbs could modify a possessive determiner, then it should be able to do so in a noun phrase alone. They can't. You also shouldn't be able to say, This is my team more than yours. But you can. You're right. Wikipedia is wrong.
– KarlG
Dec 11 at 21:48
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Possessive determiners may be modified with an adverb, as adjectives are, although not as freely or as commonly as is the case with adjectives. Such modification is generally limited to such adverbs as more, less, or as much ... as (comparative) or mostly (superlative), for example in This is more my team than your team, This is less my team than your team, This is as much my team as your team, and This is mostly my team.
It seems to me that the adverb is modifying is, not my. Are there any cases where an adverb is clearly modifying a determiner, or is the statement from Wikipedia simply incorrect?
Note: I've now been bold as per Wikipedia's policy and removed the content I found dubious. I've linked to an old edit that still contains the text I've quoted.
adverbs grammatical-structure determiners adverb-position possessive-determiners
asked Dec 11 at 20:33
CJ Dennis
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I found this on Wikipedia:
Possessive determiners may be modified with an adverb, as adjectives are, although not as freely or as commonly as is the case with adjectives. Such modification is generally limited to such adverbs as more, less, or as much ... as (comparative) or mostly (superlative), for example in This is more my team than your team, This is less my team than your team, This is as much my team as your team, and This is mostly my team.
It seems to me that the adverb is modifying is, not my. Are there any cases where an adverb is clearly modifying a determiner, or is the statement from Wikipedia simply incorrect?
Note: I've now been bold as per Wikipedia's policy and removed the content I found dubious. I've linked to an old edit that still contains the text I've quoted.
adverbs grammatical-structure determiners adverb-position possessive-determiners
adverbs grammatical-structure determiners adverb-position possessive-determiners
asked Dec 11 at 20:33
CJ Dennis
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asked Dec 11 at 20:33
CJ Dennis
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edited Dec 13 at 2:46
asked Dec 11 at 20:33
CJ Dennis
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asked Dec 11 at 20:33
CJ Dennis
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asked Dec 11 at 20:33
CJ Dennis
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1,90941642
Perhaps Wikipedia is mistaken. It's not exactly the ideal grammatical site. This seems like confusing Parts Of Speech with constructions. Most of these are Comparative or Equative constructions, which have their own unique grammar that is not explained by "possessive determiners may be modified with an adverb".
– John Lawler
Dec 11 at 20:42
If adverbs could modify a possessive determiner, then it should be able to do so in a noun phrase alone. They can't. You also shouldn't be able to say, This is my team more than yours. But you can. You're right. Wikipedia is wrong.
– KarlG
Dec 11 at 21:48
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Perhaps Wikipedia is mistaken. It's not exactly the ideal grammatical site. This seems like confusing Parts Of Speech with constructions. Most of these are Comparative or Equative constructions, which have their own unique grammar that is not explained by "possessive determiners may be modified with an adverb".
– John Lawler
Dec 11 at 20:42
If adverbs could modify a possessive determiner, then it should be able to do so in a noun phrase alone. They can't. You also shouldn't be able to say, This is my team more than yours. But you can. You're right. Wikipedia is wrong.
– KarlG
Dec 11 at 21:48
Perhaps Wikipedia is mistaken. It's not exactly the ideal grammatical site. This seems like confusing Parts Of Speech with constructions. Most of these are Comparative or Equative constructions, which have their own unique grammar that is not explained by "possessive determiners may be modified with an adverb".
– John Lawler
Dec 11 at 20:42
Perhaps Wikipedia is mistaken. It's not exactly the ideal grammatical site. This seems like confusing Parts Of Speech with constructions. Most of these are Comparative or Equative constructions, which have their own unique grammar that is not explained by "possessive determiners may be modified with an adverb".
– John Lawler
Dec 11 at 20:42
If adverbs could modify a possessive determiner, then it should be able to do so in a noun phrase alone. They can't. You also shouldn't be able to say, This is my team more than yours. But you can. You're right. Wikipedia is wrong.
– KarlG
Dec 11 at 21:48
If adverbs could modify a possessive determiner, then it should be able to do so in a noun phrase alone. They can't. You also shouldn't be able to say, This is my team more than yours. But you can. You're right. Wikipedia is wrong.
– KarlG
Dec 11 at 21:48
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Perhaps Wikipedia is mistaken. It's not exactly the ideal grammatical site. This seems like confusing Parts Of Speech with constructions. Most of these are Comparative or Equative constructions, which have their own unique grammar that is not explained by "possessive determiners may be modified with an adverb".
– John Lawler
Dec 11 at 20:42
If adverbs could modify a possessive determiner, then it should be able to do so in a noun phrase alone. They can't. You also shouldn't be able to say, This is my team more than yours. But you can. You're right. Wikipedia is wrong.
– KarlG
Dec 11 at 21:48