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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

A questoin about grammer?

Is `short` a verb, adverb or neither?
  

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Your payment is short by fifty dollars. Adjective If you short me again, I will not continue to do business with you. Verb

  • Your payment is short by fifty dollars.
  • Adjective If you short me again, I will not continue to do business with you.
  • Verb
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Your payment is short by fifty dollars. Adjective

If you short me again, I will not continue to do business with you. Verb
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Hi,

There was a short in the electrical wiring. noun

He cut short his speech. adverb

But note that it is most commonly used as a adjective, in my opinion.

Best wishes, Clive

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