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SeekerOfPeace Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Adverb and prepositions...

0Ok, I am really confused about something.02br
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00An adverb gives more information about an adverb, an adjective, a verb or an other adverb.02br
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00Now in the following sentence:02br
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00The group will meet 01b00before02b00 lunch.02br
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00Before (according to my book) is a preposition.02br
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00But before gives more information about the verb “will meet” so I don’t get it.02br
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00Could someone clarify this for me? 02br
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00Please, for the love of god, don’t tell me to Google it. I know how to use Google, what I don’t know is why some preposition seem to have the same function as an adverb. Don't want to sound rude here...02br
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00What am I missing?0-
  

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0"Before" relates to "lunch" rather than to the verb - it tells you where/when the meeting is in relation to lunch.0-
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10"Before" relates to "lunch" rather than to the verb - it tells you where/when the meeting is in relation to lunch.12br
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00But before does give information about the verb though, doesn't?02br
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00I'm just having a hard time figuring out a "rule" to dis
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0 Here, the word "before" alone doesnt give any information about the verb but the whole phrase "before lunch". So "before", in this sentence, is considered as a prep.02br
00Here's an example of before as an adverb: "I havent seen this before". You see, the word "before" here isnt followed by any noun, and its function is just to clarify the verb so it must be an adverb.02br
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0 01b01font00I think you can simplify the situation by thinking of "before lunch" as a prepositional phrase used adverbially.02font02b00 0-
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0Hi, SeekerOf Peace 02br
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00First of all don't forget this rule : in English there are necessray and unnecessary elements in a sentence.For example, subject and predicator are necessary ,if you omit them either the meaning will chance or it will not mean anything.But adverbials aren't necessary so if you omit them the sentence will still has a meaning.To find whether it
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01cite10Doll12cite10Hi, SeekerOf Peace 12br
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10First of all don't forget this rule : in English there are necessray and unnecessary elements in a sentence.For example, subject and predicator are necessary ,if you omit them either the meaning will chance or it will not mean anything.But adverbials aren't neces
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0The castle is north of a city. Sorry but I really didn't like this sentence.It seems to me that something is missing like in/on or an article.0-
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0Ok. 02br
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00How about this one then:02br
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00Beijing is north of Hong Kong.02br
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00I know there absolutely nothing wrong with this sentence syntax wise. 02br
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00I just don't understand why "north of" here is an adverb.02br
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00Is it some sort of grammatical exception or somethin
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0Hmm.. with all due respect, I think the sentence is correct.02br
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00But maybe you're right.02br
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00Either way, the following sentence is correct, it's taken straigth from my book:02br
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00"Beijing is north of Hong Kong"02br
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00Why is "north of" an adverb.. I just don't get it. It screams preposition t
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