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"A survivor was found 10 miles out at sea."
Would you please R-K this sentence?
Thank you SO much.
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"
"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".
I am suggesting that found at sea is an idiom that functions as the entire phrasal verb.
He / was found at sea
out - adverb
miles - adj.
ten - adj for miles
(lost at sea is also be an idiom)
see: http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdic...ictionary/lose
That works.
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