"10 miles out at sea"

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"A survivor was found 10 miles out at sea."

Would you please R-K this sentence?

Thank you SO much.
 

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Thank you very much. (There was no "thank you" button on your

post for me to push.)
The post was empty on my end. Blank. How was '10 miles out to sea' parsed, specifically the word 'out'? Was '10 miles' parsed as a modifier (an adjective) or as a noun? And how did you guys work out the ambiguity in 'found'? Is it stative or active?
 

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Well gang . . .

Idioms or figures of speech are combinations of words whose meaning cannot be determined by examination of the meanings of the words that make it up

So I am going to suggest that "found at sea" is an idiom and the words, "10 miles out" are all adverbs telling "where"
 

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The post was empty on my end. Blank. How was '10 miles out to sea' parsed, specifically the word 'out'? Was '10 miles' parsed as a modifier (an adjective) or as a noun? And how did you guys work out the ambiguity in 'found'? Is it stative or active?

I am sure that Mr. A will explain everything to you. I am not

qualified to do so.
 

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"A survivor was found 10 miles out at sea."

Maybe this is too simple, but I would say that "was found" is passive voice, "at sea" answers "where" about found, "out" answers where about "at sea", "miles" answers how much about "out", "10" answers how many about "miles".
 

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That works.
 
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