Question

I have the sentence: Kyle seems calm despite his situation. Kyle is the subject, seems is the being verb, calm is a subject complement adjective that describes Kyle. My question is, is "...despite his situation" an adverb phrase? Is it describing calm or seems?

Thanks,
Writeacher
I would say it's an adjective phrase, describing "calm." But I can see it both ways!
Ms. Sue
I think it's definitely an adverb phrase. Since calm is an adjective and seems is a verb, which ever the phrase modifies, it is still an adverb phrase.

Writeacher
Ahhh, Ms. Sue is right!

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