Cita:
Escrito originalmente por poli
Auxiliary adverb is better (an adverb to embellish another adverb like muy) may be a better term.
Think of especially as something similar to very. The word specially does not correspond to very--especially does.
|
The conclusion I get is that
especially doesn't mean
very.
And I don't think
auxiliary adverb is a proper term for
especially, since in the examples you gave once works modifying another adverb (2.
especially well), and once works modifying a verb (4.
made especially). The conclusion is that it works both, as much linked to an adverb as linked to a verb, as any other adverb.
Anyway, I had never heard before of the term
auxiliary adverb, and Google only gives 84 entries for it, not all of them related to this subject.
<snip>