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Which words make up the adverb phrase in this sentence?

In colonial days, there were no fire departments.

A.
fire departments

B.
In colonial days

C.
there were

D.
no fire

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I believe the answer is D, to buy. So I agree with WorldCitizen.
User Mittchel
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An adverb phrase can tell you "how", "when", or "where" something happened. Here it's "In colonial days" - answer B. Adverb phases modify verbs, and here what is modified is "were"
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