Postmodifier or adverbial?

[jasonkhlim]

Hi everyone.
''I have these in a size 11.''
''He is having a baby with his wife.''

Are the phrases in bold a postmodifier or an adverbial?

If they are a postmodifier, does it mean that they have the same meaning with ''I have these that are in a size 11.'' & ''He is having a baby that is with his wife.''

Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

He is not having a bady with anyone. Please edit your post to correct the spelling.

 

[MikeNewYork]

They are not adverbials because they modify a noun/pronoun. They are prepositional phrases which are acting as postmodifiers.

 

[jasonkhlim]

They are not adverbials because they modify a noun/pronoun. They are prepositional phrases which are acting as postmodifiers.

Hi MikeNewYork.
How do i identify postmodifiers in a sentence?

And from the sentences above, does it mean that they have the same meaning with ''I have these that are in a size 11.'' & ''He is having a baby that is with his wife.''？

 

[SoothingDave]

"Having a baby that is with his wife" makes no sense. He and his wife are having a baby. He is having a baby with his wife.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Hi MikeNewYork.
How do i identify postmodifiers in a sentence?

Postmodifiers of nouns are adjectival in function and directly follow a noun.

MNY

 

[Matthew Wai]

See the definition of 'postmodifier' at https://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/postmodifier.html

Postmodifiers of nouns are adjectival in function and directly follow a noun.

While I agree they are adjectival, the OP might want to know there are people who disagree, and one of them is the poster of https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...sessive-noun?p=1216393&viewfull=1#post1216393

''I have these in a size 11.''

I would omit the article.

 

[MikeNewYork]

One person may disagree, but it is still what it is.

 

[jasonkhlim]

What about this sentence?
''I was eating chips in the kitchen.''

''in the kitchen'' modifies the verb(eating) or modifies the noun(chips) ?

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think it modifies 'eating'.

If the phrase was 'on a stick', it would modify 'chips'.