they may create products—and indeed services—that really...

[milan2003_07]

Dear friends,

I'm reading and translating a text about smart products and smart makers from the Economist. Here is the link:

http://www.economist.com/news/busine...-new-one-which

"But if they embrace the smart revolution, they may create products—and indeed services—that really are worthy of being fetishised."

I'm a bit puzzled by the meaning of "indeed" in the sentence above. Is it an adjective or "indeed" here means that the products and the services are the same?

Thanks

 

[GoesStation]

It's an adjective. The author could have written products - and even services.... The author believes that finding services listed will tend to surprise readers. The intensifying adjective tells the reader "I really mean the words that follow."

 

[Tdol]

And the services are less obvious than the products.

 

[jutfrank]

It's an adjective.

How so? Surely not. Isn't it adverbial?

 

[GoesStation]

How so? Surely not. Isn't it adverbial?

Yes, as you say. I think I was misled by the modifier's proximity to the noun. It modifies create.