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Adjuncts
Adjuncts are adverbials that provide information that will answer the questions:
When?
Where?
How?
Why?
When?
Adverbials can provide information about:
- the point in time at which something happens
The shares moved up 2p to 132p yesterday.
- how long it goes on for
I can't be a tourist forever.
- how frequently it occurs
He rarely ate red meat.
Where?
These adverbials tell us about:
- position
'It's glorious in this part of France,' he said.
- direction
I scuttled backwards...
How?
This is a much larger group of adverbials which tell us about the manner in which something occurred:
Louise watched him with great care.
Why?
Another group of adverbials provides information about the reasons why actions were performed:
Headline inflation rates drop because of the decline in oil prices.
Adjuncts can be:
©John Seely 2008
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