concessive adverbial 1

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an adverbial that expresses an idea that suggests the opposite of the main part of the sentence.

  • 1.A number of them deal with marked forms within the verb phrase, but at least downtoners, concessive adverbials and pied piping constructions do not fall in this category.

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