tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post1499514574212674442..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: Words I'm Looking Up (One in an occasional, cleverly named series on words I'm looking up)June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-30053643558438289242009-02-19T16:33:00.000-08:002009-02-19T16:33:00.000-08:00I hate that feeling. (I know it well.) Glad it's c...I hate that feeling. (I know it well.) Glad it's clear now!June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-25851246286437642902009-02-19T15:17:00.000-08:002009-02-19T15:17:00.000-08:00Whew! Thanks. I'm an English teacher and couldn'...Whew! Thanks. I'm an English teacher and couldn't wrap my brain around that one. I get it now.Linneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01045296325737241200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-72880070551698192932009-02-19T14:57:00.000-08:002009-02-19T14:57:00.000-08:00It's a stinker, huh?It has to do with the job that...It's a stinker, huh?<BR/><BR/>It has to do with the job that the word is doing in a sentence. In "Each has great wealth," "each" is acting as the subject. (It's performing the action of the verb.) <BR/><BR/>But in "Joe, Sue, and Mark each have great wealth," the subject is "Joe, Sue, and Mark." So "each" is doing a different job here.<BR/><BR/>Your example "Each (one of them) requires," is right because "each" is still acting as the subject -- with or without that "one of them" modifying it. <BR/><BR/>It's when we move "each" out of the subject job that its part of speech changes.<BR/><BR/>Adverbs answer the questions "how," "when," "where," and "to what degree."<BR/><BR/>So in our Joe/Sue/Mark example, "each" is really about "how" they are having something. <BR/><BR/>This link http://www.grammaruntied.com/adverbs/adverbs.html helps a lot!<BR/><BR/>I hope that helps! I hate laying this stuff on people because I know it's kind of gnarly for all of us who were taught that adverbs are only those -ly words.June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-88887293450102341362009-02-19T13:45:00.000-08:002009-02-19T13:45:00.000-08:00My head's going to 'splode. Why is each an adverb...My head's going to 'splode. Why is each an adverb and not a pronoun?<BR/>Each (one of them) requires...Linneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01045296325737241200noreply@blogger.com