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Sun 27 Apr, 2025 09:26 am
"I had barely gotten home when the phone rang." Does "when the phone rang" modify "had gotten" or "barely"? THANKS!
@Tony12345,
Quote:"I had barely gotten home when the phone rang." Does "when the phone rang" modify "had gotten" or "barely"? THANKS!
I had barely gotten home
when the phone rang.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/grammar/modifiers/?msockid=3ff2eb2f378769a804e7fec3367d68cf
"Typically,
modifiers are placed right beside the noun they’re modifying. Usually, this means right before or after the noun:
My
calico cat is always by my side.
The girls ordered a pizza
without sauce."
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