| adjunct |
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Any word, phrase, or clause that modifies another word or phrase.
Note: There are two types: (1) adverbial adjuncts: These modify verbs and verb phrases (2) adnominal adjuncts: These modify nouns, noun phrases, and pronouns. |
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Example - It is almost over. (Here the adjunct almost describes the degree.) |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Latin adjunctus, the past participle of adjungere, join to. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation in this sense is from 1881: "The basis and type of the Adverbial Adjunct is a substantive in an oblique case, used to limit or define the signification of a verb or adjective." ( Mason Eng. Gram. 149) |