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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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After a while
What part of speech is "while" in "After a while" expression? Is it an adverb?
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Anonymous What part of speech is "while" in "After a while" expression? It's a noun meaning 'short amount of time'. It's not an adverb.
- Anonymous What part of speech is "while" in "After a while" expression?
- It's a noun meaning 'short amount of time'.
- It's not an adverb.
- The whole phrase 'after a while' is a prepositional phrase which may function adverbially to say when something is done.
- CJ
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AnonymousWhat part of speech is "while" in "After a while" expression?It's a noun meaning 'short amount of time'. It's not an adverb. The whole phrase 'after a while' is a prepositional phrase which may function adverbially to say when something is done.
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