degree adverb modifying preposition – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 9 in PREPOSITIONS is defined as:

adverbs of degree to modify prepositions and prepositional phrases.

(have to check each match that it’s actually modifying the preposition and not something else)

A check on google for Adverbs of degree:

Common adverbs of degree:

• Almost, nearly, quite, just, too, enough, hardly, scarcely, completely, very, extremely.
• extremely, especially, particularly, pretty, rather, quite, fairly, not especially, not particularly.
• seldom, scarcely, hardly, not only ….. but also, no sooner …..

In iWeb we start a search for

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