"i was that drunk at the time" modifies "know". that makes it an adverbial phrase? some kind of phrase. what's adverb, who and what? or how? hang on, getting the dictionary. an adjective is "typically serving as a modifier of a noun to denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specifiy a thing as distinct from something else." whereas, an adverb is "typically serving as a modifier of a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a preposition, a phrase, a clause or a sentence, expressing some relation of manner or quality, place, time, degree, number, cause, opposition, affirmation, or denial, and in English also serving to connect and to express comment on clause content. therefore, it is an adverbial phrase because "know" is a verb. "that drunk at the time" is also an adverbial phrase. "that" is an adverb modifying "drunk". "at the time" is a what? it is saying when you were that drunk, which makes it an adverbial phrase. "that drunk" being "what" you were. does that make it the direct object? a direct object is "a word or phrase denoting the goal or the result of the action of a verb. methinks that isn't it. "i was [something]" is a statement of being. i forget about those different verbs.
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