In a message dated 9/10/06 5:55:25 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
Peter, I know what you mean about conjunctive adverbs. They are “mobile,” as are adverbs.
However, conjunctive adverbs cannot be intensified, which is, I think, a property adverbs have: very suddenly, for example. Nor are conjunctive adverbs able to modify verbs.
Good points, Christine, but consider the following. Some adverbs also cannot be intensified: always, sometimes, now, today, never. I don't think anyone would argue these are not adverbs.
Also, take a look at these:
Christine likes adverbs, but Herb, nevertheless, prefers conjunctions.
Ed believes in innate knowledge, and Phil, therefore, agrees with him.
In these two, it seems clear that the so-called conjunctive adverb is not joining the two clauses; the coordinating conjunctions are serving that purpose. So would we still call them conjunctions in sentences like these?
Or how about in a simple declarative sentence.
Roger Federer won the US Open, for example, in four sets.
Why would we want to consider for example to be a conjunction in a sentence like this. Or would we?
Peter Adams
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