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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Alias. adverb or proposition?

Hi.

What is 'alias' in terms of part of speech?

Webster dictionary has described it as an adverb and the others as a proposition.
  

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Hi My dictionary has it as an adverb or a complement noun - My name is Dave, alias dave_anon There, it is either modifying what I say, or it is complementing what I choose. I don't think it can be a preposition Dave

  • Hi My dictionary has it as an adverb or a complement noun - My name is Dave, alias dave_anon There, it is either modifying what I say, or it is complementing what I choose.
  • I don't think it can be a preposition Dave
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Hi

My dictionary has it as an adverb or a complement noun

- My name is Dave, alias dave_anon

There, it is either modifying what I say, or it is complementing what I choose. I don't think it can be a preposition

Dave
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Hi

Yes, I sort of see that:

- He writes as dave_anon, but he is Dave, alias dave_anon

You could say it is a preposition there, I suppose. My experience is that it is usually a noun:

- He is known as Chas 'the hat' - that is his alias

Dave

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