Adjuncts of Place

Adjuncts of place express distance, direction, and position.

➢ Distance adverbials usually answer the question 'How far?'. They include
specific measurements and general descriptions of distance:

I had to go a long way to put the camp behind me.

A Royal Navy helicopter rescued a woman who fell 50 feet down a cliff.

➢ Direction adverbials describe the pathway of an action.

They answer the questions 'To(wards) where?', 'From where?', or 'In what
direction?'.

Some give a general description (e.g. southwards); others describe the direction
from a beginning point (e.g. from here) or towards a destination (e.g. to the
store):

In addition, they went from here about - nine-ish, I suppose.

You used to walk to the store; now you ride.

➢ Position adverbials indicate a point of location. They answer the question

'Where?'.

1 It would be, be cold up there.

2 The implications of this comparison will be discussed further in Section.

Adjuncts of Time
Adverbials of time are used for four temporal meanings: point in time, duration,
frequency, and time relationships.

➢ General time: These tell when an event occurs:

I will see you all tomorrow night. Perhaps we can put that right in January.

It is not uncommon nowadays to have many hundreds of cattle in one building.

➢ Duration: These describe how long an event lasts: I would not like to go for a
week in silence.

It lasted years.

Some observers are predicting the imminent collapse of the military regime,
which has ruled Ethiopia for fifteen years.

➢ Frequency: how often an event occurs: I know but you don't have to do it
every single day, do you?

Occasionally she would like to gaze out the window.

Furthermore, the term register is sometimes used to refer to ….

➢ Time relationship: These describe the relationship between two events, states,
or times:

I want to clean the floor before I take a load of stuff in. After this, the
conversation sank for a while into mere sociability.