Adverbials

The term 'adverbials' subsumes them both, along with adverb clauses. ❋ DC (2009)

And of course, we can add adverbials of place or time to this: ❋ DC (2009)

These elements are: objects (direct, indirect, prepositional), predicatives (aka predicate complements: subject complements and object complements) and adverbials (either obligatory or adjuncts). ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, do you always punctuate adverbials (as one writing guide suggests) or is it a matter of preference (as another suggests)? ❋ DC (2008)

Grammar books point out positional preferences governing adverbials of place, time, manner, and so on. ❋ DC (2008)

A correspondent writes to ask if there is a rule for the use of commas before end-placed optional adverbials. ❋ DC (2008)

But this is now -- to use one of Obama's favorite adverbials. ❋ Unknown (2008)

With optional adverbials, it would be unusual to see commas before single adverbs, adverb phrases, and short adverb clauses: ❋ DC (2008)

He argues that events resemble “things” in that they introduce a variable that can be modified and quantified over by different types of adverbials. ❋ Kesav (2008)

I know in chinese there's a order (for the most part) in which the subject comes in the beginning of the sentence then the adverbials etc. ❋ Unknown (2010)