jutfrank
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Thanks for confirming, PaulMatthews, your input is appreciated.
So although with the virus is not an adjunct, it can still be considered a PP? I can't really get this. Are we saying that we have an adjective phrase:
infected with the virus
and we can analyse this into two parts, adjective and complement:
infected + with the virus
because my mind wants to keep the with with infected, not virus, as in:
infected with + the virus
or go straight down to three elements:
infected + with + the virus
Can you see why I think that? I thought a PP would have to have a kind of sense of independence, conceptually, not just a string of words including a preposition.
So although with the virus is not an adjunct, it can still be considered a PP? I can't really get this. Are we saying that we have an adjective phrase:
infected with the virus
and we can analyse this into two parts, adjective and complement:
infected + with the virus
because my mind wants to keep the with with infected, not virus, as in:
infected with + the virus
or go straight down to three elements:
infected + with + the virus
Can you see why I think that? I thought a PP would have to have a kind of sense of independence, conceptually, not just a string of words including a preposition.
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