Talk:early

The second adjective sense feels like the adverb to me. Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on-time. In the example ("You're early today!"), doesn't early modify an implied verb? Ben 23:03, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, it modifies the subject you. Generally, adverbs do not modify forms of the verb to be; words in the predicate of such a construction modify the subject. --EncycloPetey 21:49, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]