Question
1. The men blow up some houses very near to the fire.
2. The men blow up some houses very near to the fire.
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What is the part of speech of 'very near to the fire'?
Is it an adjective phrase or an adverbial phrase? What does 'very near to the fire' modify in each sentence?
2. The men blow up some houses very near to the fire.
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What is the part of speech of 'very near to the fire'?
Is it an adjective phrase or an adverbial phrase? What does 'very near to the fire' modify in each sentence?
Answers
Reed
It's an adjective phrase modifying "houses."