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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Adverbial or prepositional phrase

in the sentence:
By then Cara had decided that Mark was right for her.

Is by then adverbial or prepositional phrase. Thx.
  

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Most phrases can be named for their functions as well as the words which "front"them. "By then" is a prepositional phrase, functioning adverbially.

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  • Most phrases can be named for their functions as well as the words which "front"them.
  • "By then" is a prepositional phrase, functioning adverbially.
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Most phrases can be named for their functions as well as the words which "front"them.

"By then" is a prepositional phrase, functioning adverbially.
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Sorry, my edit quit working again.

Perhaps not everyone will agree. There are different schools of thought, and new perspectives being added al the time.
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