You'll need a new job on Friday. English lecturer??
Fronted adverbials are words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence, used to describe the action that follow
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Deputy Prime Minister?
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When were they invented? Not heard of in 4 languages I studied!
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Same here, but primary kids forced to learn about them for SATs. Great way to nip any enthusiasm for language learning in the bud. Aargh!
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That's a relief! As bad as ''embedding/scaffolding the learning'' & similar babble.
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Is that like Theresa May saying "let me be clear" at the beginning of every obfuscation?
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For example: "Considering her own sheer incompetence, May decides she has no option but to resign."
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In the light of her majority, Theresa decided to do so by calling the election
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"Incandescently, this is the news that.."
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Like: "As her advisors panicked and fled, guppy May had no-one left but Boris"?
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His tweets like gems festooned twitter
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Your job at the Ministry of Grammar is assured
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Confusingly, they are often not adverbial at all.
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Of course you knew that.
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