046 PLACE-ADVERBIAL-PHRASES

Phrase is a group of words.

We can use phrases as adverbs.

We call such phrases as 'adverbial phrases'.

In other words:-

'Adverbial phrases' are phrases which are used as adverbs.

Place-adverbial-phrases indicate place or location.

EXAMPLE

'in Detroit'. 'In' is the preposition, which among other

things, indicates a location. Detroit is a proper noun. It is

the object of the preposition 'in'. Thus 'in Detroit' is a

prepositional phrase.

'In Detroit' is also a place-adverbial-phrase because we can use

it to indicate place of an action.

E.g.: "MNBD Bank is 'in Detroit' ".

'In Detroit' describes the verb 'is' (A be/location/existence

verb). 'In Detroit', therefore, is a 'place-adverbial-phrase.'

DISTINCTION BETWEEN ADJECTIVE PHRASES AND ADVERBIAL

PHRASES

We can use a phrase as an adjective. Such phrases become

adjectival phrases. We shall see, how we can use 'in Detroit'

as an adjectival phrase:

E.g.: "Banks in Detroit, are strong".

'Banks in Detroit' is the subject. 'In Detroit' describes the

Banks which are in Detroit. 'Strong' is another quality of the

Banks. 'Strong' is an adjective. It is used at the end of the

sentence. It is an 'adjective complement' or a 'complementary

adjective'.

QUIZ
Study, whether the following phrases are adjectival phrases or place-adverbial phrases and observe their location. Hover your mouse on the word 'ANSWER', to compare your answer with my view.

Cabbage is a winter vegetable in some European countriesANSWER.
A cat in gloves catches no mice ANSWER.
Forest blazes take place in Australia and California ANSWER.
A fox is not taken twice in the same snare ANSWER.

Hawkers do roaring business in moving trains ANSWER.

An old dog barks not in vain ANSWER.

January and February are excellent winter months in RussiaANSWER.

Skiing is a popular winter sport in the Republic of Mari El ANSWER.

Wicked deeds done in secret are as visible as a flash of lightning to the eyes of God ANSWER.


The European Union is the biggest market in the world ANSWER.

We cannot learn winter warfare in Sahara desert ANSWER.

Up to forty a woman has only forty springs in her heart ANSWER.
Sheep and cows are rare in Chinese hinterland ANSWER.

All bread is not baked in one oven ANSWER.

All cats are grey in the dark ANSWER.

An apology in the original sense was a pleading off from some imputationANSWER.

Honorable descent is in all nations greatly esteemedANSWER.

We find from the above examples, a place-adverbial-phrase easily fits itself at the end of a sentence.

Most of the above sentences are proverbs; not my own.

We shall take up 'time-adverbial-phrases' in the next post.