Modifies a noun

• parent: There are 783 thousand lone parents claiming income support, down 40 thousand over the same period.

• parenthood: Also new for 1998 were three books exploring the issues surrounding lone parenthood.

• striker: Last season, he was a lone striker, usually playing against two center backs.

• mother: They are not all lone mothers living on benefits in council housing.

• pair: The colon is used to indicate a lone pair.

• gunman: The Last Word, Part One - A lone gunman in a clown mask holds siege at the Junior Gazette.

Modifying Another Word

• especially: However, the following groups of students are a priority for help from the Access Fund; Students with children, especially lone parents.

• particularly: One in twenty mothers in Britain - particularly lone mothers on Income Support - go without food to meet the needs of their child.

• so: Where shall they find on foreign land, So lone a lake, so sweet a strand?