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Adverbial clause

 
 
Reply Fri 25 Apr, 2025 04:01 am
"I had barely arrived when it began to rain." Does the adverbial clause modify "had arrived" or "barely"? THANKS.
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Reply Fri 25 Apr, 2025 08:46 pm
@Tony12345,
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"I had barely arrived when it began to rain." Does the adverbial clause modify "had arrived" or "barely"?




"An adverb clause (or adverbial clause) is a clause that works as an adverb in a sentence. Its role is to show place, time, condition, degree, and so on, by answering questions like “where?”; “when?”; “how?”; and “why?” Just like an adverb, it modifies other parts of a sentence to add more details.

Like all clauses, an adverb clause has a subject and a predicate. However, an adverb clause is a dependent clause—so, it can never be a sentence on its own. Specifically, an adverb clause is a modifier that modifies the independent clause."

The adverbial clause, 'I had barely arrived' modifies the independent clause,
'when it began to rain'.

https://englishsentences.com/adverb-clause/
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Tony12345
 
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Reply Sat 26 Apr, 2025 03:24 am
Thank you for your comment.
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