verb modifiers

[karuneshk_ec]

Hi,
Could anyone help me on the below.

on mondays, I walk to the store.
I walk to the store on mondays.

The above two sentences have verb modifiers ON MONDAYS. How ?
Please help .

[StaceyKoprince]

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I'll give you a quick answer here, but if you want to discuss the topic any further, you'll need to go post in the General Verbal folder (which is the appropriate folder for your particular question).

An adverbial modifier is modifying the action that takes place in the sentence. If there are multiple actions going on in the sentence, then the modifier needs to be placed so that it's clear *which* action it's modifying - but that's the only limit / requirement for adverbial modifiers. (Adverbial modifiers are not like noun modifiers, which have to be placed as close as possible to the noun they're modifying.)

In both of your sentences, the modifier "on mondays" is describing when you walk. The action is you walking - it's actually a combination of the verb and who is "doing" the verb.