adverb and adjective. ..

[endeavor6636]

people usually say "adv" is to describe a "verb" while "adj" is to describe "none"


due to the presently available anthropological data it would certainly appear that humans are the most "advanced" of the primates! ( how about this? adv + adj? ??)

[Mister Micawber]

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people usually say "adv" is to describe a "verb" while "adj" is to describe "none"

I have no idea what you mean by this, Endeavor.


'the presently available anthropological data' -- presently is an adverb modifying the adjective available, and available is an adjective modifying the noun data.
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[Teia]

Originally Posted by endeavor6636

people usually say "adv" is to describe a "verb" while "adj" is to describe "none"
due to the presently available anthropological data it would certainly appear that humans are the most "advanced" of the primates! ( how about this? adv + adj? ??)

Hi Endeavour

Your sentence is correct. The verb is elliptic here:

"Due to anthropological data -which are now[presently] available- it would certainly appear that......."
or
It would certainly appear that humans are the most "advanced" of the primates due to the anthropological data which are presently available .




Regards

[endeavor6636]

oh, i typed it wrong.


i mean: adjective is usually to describe a " noun" while adverb is to describe a "verb"

ex:i have done it correctly. (adverb- " correctly" describe the verb
"done")
a correct answer. (adjective " correct" describe the noun "answer" )

but in the sentence, it appear adv and adj at the same time
what was the word "presently" describing in the sentence, i didn't see any verb in it.

[Mister Micawber]

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Basically, an adjective modifies a noun, while an adverb modifies a verb or an adjective or another adverb.
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