vigilant_guy
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I've encountered a confusing situation regarding the use of adjectives and adverbs in a specific sentence, and I'm hoping to get some clarification.
The sentence in question is: "Someday Kim will be a phenomenal professional basketball player!"
My teacher claims that in this sentence, "phenomenal" is functioning as an adverb that modifies "professional basketball player." On the other hand, my tutoring session insists that "phenomenal" is an adjective that, along with "professional," modifies "basketball player."
To add context, my teacher argues that when two adjectives are combined without the word 'and,' the first one becomes an adverb. For example, in "phenomenal professional basketball player," my teacher says "phenomenal" is an adverb because it's combined with another adjective ("professional") without the use of 'and.'
I tried to Google this issue, and most of the results pointed towards the concept of compound adjectives, which seems to contradict what my teacher is saying
I'm trying to figure out who is correct in this situation. Could you please help me understand the grammatical rules that apply here?
Thank you!
The sentence in question is: "Someday Kim will be a phenomenal professional basketball player!"
My teacher claims that in this sentence, "phenomenal" is functioning as an adverb that modifies "professional basketball player." On the other hand, my tutoring session insists that "phenomenal" is an adjective that, along with "professional," modifies "basketball player."
To add context, my teacher argues that when two adjectives are combined without the word 'and,' the first one becomes an adverb. For example, in "phenomenal professional basketball player," my teacher says "phenomenal" is an adverb because it's combined with another adjective ("professional") without the use of 'and.'
I tried to Google this issue, and most of the results pointed towards the concept of compound adjectives, which seems to contradict what my teacher is saying
I'm trying to figure out who is correct in this situation. Could you please help me understand the grammatical rules that apply here?
Thank you!