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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Adverbs

Can the object of the preposition ever be used as an adverb?
  

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It seems unlikely, but I would hesitate to answer without something that you have in mind.

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It seems unlikely, but I would hesitate to answer without something that you have in mind.
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AnonymousCan the object of the preposition ever be used as an adverb?
The object of a preposition must be a noun, so it can't be an adverb by definition. The same word can occur in different contexts, however. It might be the object of a preposition in one sentence and an adverb in another.

I saw him yesterday. [adverb]
I didn't know ab
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