<p>This is question 19</p>
<p>Large than the entire state of California, the Chihuahuan Desert is home to (approximately) 1,000 plant species found nowhere else in the world.</p>
<p>The answer is no error. </p>
<p>But I have trouble with approximately (adv), I thought it modify plants species, which is a noun, so it should be approximate.</p>
<p>Am I missing something?</p>
<p>“Approximately” modifies the linking verb in “desert is home to”, not “plant species”. Therefore, it should be an adverb.</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>I think it modifies 1000.
Hope that i we can discuss it. :D</p>
<p>Yeh, I forgot about this:
“Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.”</p>
<p>So, 1000 is an adjective, and “approximately” is modifying it.</p>