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Adverbial phrase: Determining parts of speech

by kbhardwaj Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:28 am

Could you please help me figure out the parts of speech in the following sentence?

I had breakfast yesterday morning.

(Source: I framed it myself while studying parts of speech.)

I'm particularly confused with "yesterday" and "morning".

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Re: Adverbial phrase: Determining parts of speech

by tim Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:53 pm

"yesterday morning" is a specific point in time and therefore is used as a two-word adverb, describing when you had breakfast..
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