Martha:  Thanks for your customary clarity!



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	Subject: Re: This is difficult for me

	

	



	Michael,

	

	I'm inclined to agree with Christine and call "for me" adverbial.  I

	don't see "difficult" fitting very well into the class of adjectives

	that normally pattern with complements, such as afraid, able, fond,

	certain, etc.  Those adjectives tend to be mainly predicative--that

	is, those that fit the subject complement position, as opposed to the

	attributives, those that precede nouns in the noun phrase.

	"Difficult" is equally at home in prenoun position, as most

	adjectives are.

	

	One of  the clearest adverbial tests is movability, and here I think

	we can say "For me this is difficult" without changing the meaning.

	

	Martha

	

	>Oops; my mistake. Thank you for correcting me on that one; I had

	>actually halfway forgotten that rule when it's involved with the

	>verb "to be." Ack.

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