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Adverb and Adjective question

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by indiantiger » Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:16 pm
Who is doing the magic? camera lens

A)his camera lens transforming magically mundane, everyday items such as vegetables into objects of resplendent beauty

Here it seems like everyday items are magically mundane.
A 's meaning does not make sense at all.


B)his camera lens magically transforming mundane, everyday items such as vegetables into objects of resplendent beauty

In B it is very clear that camera lens does the magic to transform mundane items.
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by uwhusky » Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:33 pm
Yay, "his camera lens magically transforming..." is an absolute phrase, which I don't get to see often to notice it.

"Magically" is an adverb modifying the present participle verb "transforming" and thus it goes in the front. I believe when adverb is used in the middle of the sentence, it always goes in front of the verb, unless the verb is an auxiliary verb or a BE verb.

https://faculty.washington.edu/marynell/ ... erbPl.html <--woohoo, a husky article =).
Yep.
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by amirp » Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:07 pm
Thanks guys
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