The journey over the mountain was not only treacherous but the bone chilling wind blew against them.Which type of phrase is the underlined portion of the sentence? A. adverbial phrase B. verb phrase C. absolute phrase D. adjectival phrase
Question
The journey over the mountain was not only treacherous but the bone chilling wind blew against them.Which type of phrase is the underlined portion of the sentence? A. adverbial phrase B. verb phrase C. absolute phrase D. adjectival phrase
Solution
The underlined portion of the sentence is "the bone chilling wind blew against them." This phrase is acting as an independent clause because it has a subject ("the bone chilling wind") and a verb ("blew"). Therefore, it is not functioning as a phrase within the larger sentence. However, if we are to choose from the given options, it most closely resembles an adverbial phrase (A) because it is providing additional information about the circumstances (the difficult weather conditions) of the journey over the mountain.
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