We could see the lake in the south.

[Shie0605]

We could see the lake in the south.

I found the sentence in a dictionary.

Is "in the south" used as an adjective to modify "the lake", or as an adverb to modify "see the lake"?

 

[Piscean]

We could see the lake in the south.

The preposition phrase in the south could be used adjectivally or adverbially there.

 

[teechar]

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