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in the story about The Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder...we would like to know what on earth an air -castle is. We looked it up on the internet and have found nothing.

 

Also another question: grammar related....from the same book

 

The haymows were warm with the warmth of all the stock below, and the hay smelled dusty-sweet. Why is "below" considered an adverb if it is modifying the word stock---isn;t stock a noun. I thought only adj modifies nouns and adjectives.... Confused....can someone explain.

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Also another question: grammar related....from the same book

 

The haymows were warm with the warmth of all the stock below, and the hay smelled dusty-sweet. Why is "below" considered an adverb if it is modifying the word stock---isn;t stock a noun. I thought only adj modifies nouns and adjectives.... Confused....can someone explain.

 

Maybe it's modifying the silent verb "were"? It's understood in the sentence that the stock WERE below, not that they are or will be.

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This is an air castle:

 

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And your context:

 

"The haymows were warm with the warmth of all the stock below, and the hay smelled dusty-sweet."

 

This is an interesting question. I had never heard the term "silent verb" that someone else mentioned. But there it is. Here, "below" is not exactly modifying "stock" - it's not describing what kind of stock it is, but rather the word is telling us where the stock is. Therefore you could say "below" is modifying the "to be" verb, even though the verb isn't actually there - it's just implied.

 

Does that sound right?

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... Why is "below" considered an adverb if it is modifying the word stock---isn;t stock a noun. I thought only adj modifies nouns and adjectives.... Confused....can someone explain.

 

A general rule is unless they become prepositions starting a prepositional phrase, answers to Where? and When? and How? are generally adverbs. Another way I've thought of it is if they can start a prepositional phrase, but there is no prepositional phrase, then it is probably an adverb.

 

 

 

But, just to ask, what difference is it making in WWE3? I'm trying to decide which WWE and whether to use that this year.

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