mundasingh123 wrote:Ron,what type of modifier is double the number ... ?
naomi wrote 10 letters,double the number that sara wrote .
what modifier is double the number ... ?
is it
a) absolute phrase
b) appositive
c) abstract modifier
if you were obsessed with classifying that sort of thing, then you would still call it an appositive.
"double" -- like other numerical qualifiers, like "both", "twice", "all", and actual numbers (two, three, four, etc.) -- when used this way is placed in front of the noun, but you end up with a construction that, for all grammatical purposes, is still a noun. (in fact, i looked some of these things up in the dictionary, and they aren't even classified as normal parts of speech -- they're given a special name, "predeterminer", which i've never heard or seen before today.)
in this way, they work a lot like adjectives. for instance, if you had comma + "a ferocious reptile...", then that would be an appositive in exactly the same way as would comma + "a reptile...".
so, "double the number..." is an appositive.
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finally, note that "abstract modifier" (as you wrote above) is not distinct from "appositive"; that is a type of appositive.
Ron has been teaching various standardized tests for 20 years.
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