& The rightmost word is a conjunction but the expression is not an adverb.
----- Original Message ----- From: Pascal Jasmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:24 pm Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] getting nouns when I seek verbs, etc. > For completeness, a 3rd rule, > if the right most word is a conjunction, the expression will be an > adverb. > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Pascal Jasmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 7:00:07 PM > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] getting nouns when I seek verbs, etc. > > A rule of thumb, > if the right most word (or parenthesized expression) is a noun, > the expression will be a noun. > the right most word is a verb or adverb, the expression will be a > verb. > Exeptions: > > if the 2nd righmost word is a conjunction, then the 2 words > together make/are an adverb > If the rightmost word or pair of words are an adverb, then if all > the other words resolve to adverbs (ie conjunction verb/noun pairs > count as an adverb), then the whole expression is an adverb. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
