Since adverbs are words which give additional details about meanings of verbs or adjectives or other adverbs, adverb phrases are groups of words that work just like adverbs.
Examples of how adverb phrases can replace an ordinary adverb:
Clinton ran quickly / with great speed.
No such diseases were known then / in those days.
The mango fell here / on this spot.
He has gone abroad / to a foreign nation.
We constructed this house only recently / a few months back.
An adverb phrase is two or more words that act as an adverb. It would be modified by an adverb or another adverb phrase.
The adverb phrase commonly answers questions such as how, when, where, why, or to what extent.
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No. It is an adverb, used as an adverb of time. O'clock is actually a prepositional phrase, a contraction of the phrase "of the clock."
Yes, it is a combined phrase: (did something) as fast, as she could (do it). It acts as an adverb of manner, as does quickly.
An adverb phrase is two or more words that act as an adverb. It would be modified by an adverb or another adverb phrase.
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No. But the prepositional phrase "in it" is an adverb phrase.
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It is an adverb phrase (tells where).
An adverb phrase is two or more words that act as an adverb. It would be modified by an adverb or another adverb phrase.
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Adverb phrase
It is a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverb. Hint: A word or phrase that answers the question 'Where?' is functioning as an adverb (I think).
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an adjective phrase acts like an adjective and modifies the noun or pronoun in the sentence. an adverb phrase acts like an adverb and modifies the verb, adjective, or adverb in the sentence.