sky3120
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- Jan 29, 2012
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- Korean
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Well...It has been a long time, but that does not mean I do not study English. Today, I would like to ask a question
about "focusing adverbs" such as only, even , mostly, etc.
I know as focusing adverbs are put in front of nouns, they can modify or put attention to them. For example,
Even I love you, only you can do it, and so on.
But what I can not understand is that if focusing adverbs modifies nouns with adjectives, Do they just modifies
adjectives or nouns. For example,
Even smart stduents didn't know it, only warm-hearted people are allowed, and I heard about mostly good things.
Of course, I think both ways are possible but in my non-native English speaker sense, I can not find any meaning
difference between them, expecially "I heard about mostly good things", so in there, "mostly" can modify "good" and
the whole noun, "good things". Then, is there a meaning difference between them? Please help me out again and
thank you in advance.
about "focusing adverbs" such as only, even , mostly, etc.
I know as focusing adverbs are put in front of nouns, they can modify or put attention to them. For example,
Even I love you, only you can do it, and so on.
But what I can not understand is that if focusing adverbs modifies nouns with adjectives, Do they just modifies
adjectives or nouns. For example,
Even smart stduents didn't know it, only warm-hearted people are allowed, and I heard about mostly good things.
Of course, I think both ways are possible but in my non-native English speaker sense, I can not find any meaning
difference between them, expecially "I heard about mostly good things", so in there, "mostly" can modify "good" and
the whole noun, "good things". Then, is there a meaning difference between them? Please help me out again and
thank you in advance.