The consequences in terms of improved human health and reduced suffering are immeasurable.
In the above sentence Improved is adjective.
What about reduced. Is it working as an adverb? If yes, how?
Please explain.
adverb doubt
This topic has expert replies
- DavidG@VeritasPrep
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 2663
- Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:25 am
- Location: Boston, MA
- Thanked: 1153 times
- Followed by:128 members
- GMAT Score:770
In this case, 'reduced' is an adjective modifying the noun 'suffering.'The consequences in terms of improved human health and reduced auffering are immeasurable.
In the above sentence Improved is adjective.
What about reduced. Is it working as an adverb? If yes, how?
Please explain.
- DavidG@VeritasPrep
- Legendary Member
- Posts: 2663
- Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2015 8:25 am
- Location: Boston, MA
- Thanked: 1153 times
- Followed by:128 members
- GMAT Score:770
"Suffering" is a noun here. Consider a simple sentence, such as, "Suffering is terrible." Here, 'suffering' is the subject of the sentence and is functioning as a noun. Or "The medication reduced his suffering." Here, "suffering" is the object of the verb "reduced" and is functioning as a noun.Then, suffering is not acting as a verb here?
Or "The consequences, in terms of reduced suffering..." here "suffering" is the object of the preposition "of" and, again, is functioning as a noun.