Guest guest Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 > ...always talking of and dealing in apparently worldly affairs. > > Till now, I thought apparently was both an adverb and adjective. But my > dics. show it as only an adverb; same with seemingly. So apparently we > must use apparent/seeming to modify worldy affairs. Is that correct? Well, adverbs exist precisely for the purpose modifying, and in this case modifying the state of affairs. ys ard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2006 Report Share Posted November 10, 2006 At 02:44 PM 11/10/2006 +0100, Atmarama (das) BVS (Skopje - MAC) wrote: > > ...always talking of and dealing in apparently worldly affairs. > > > > Till now, I thought apparently was both an adverb and adjective. But my > > dics. show it as only an adverb; same with seemingly. So apparently we > > must use apparent/seeming to modify worldy affairs. Is that correct? Nope. The adv. "apparently" modifies the adj. "worldly". What's wrong with that? dd >Well, adverbs exist precisely for the purpose modifying, and in this case >modifying the state of affairs. > >ys ard > > >-- > > >Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.0/525 - Release 11/9/2006 >9:45 AM > > > > >-- > > >Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.0/525 - Release 11/9/2006 >9:45 AM -- Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.2/528 - Release 11/10/2006 2:31 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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