Learn English – What does “just between you and me” function as

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We are trying to figure out the parts of speech in the following sentence and have been stumped by the first phrase:

Just between you and me, those boots aren't cool this year.

I say interjection, but we think maybe it is some type of adverbial phrase. What do you think?

Best Answer

Just between you and me acts as a disjunct, that is, it affects the interpretation of the whole sentence. That may be easier to see if you replace it with an adverb like confidentially.