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Victorycountry Posted 21 years ago
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all over the world

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00In "I want to make a lot of friends all over the world", is "all over the world" an adverb clause? If not, does it have to be replaced by "in the world"?02br
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00I've got one more problem in understanding.02br
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00In talking about direction, do you use "nearby" in "I am in the Maths Department nearby the Science Department" or "near"?02br
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00Thanks in advance.0-
  

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12br 10 -Example: all over the world12blockquote 12br 02br 00 Even though no dictionaries which I consulted show "all over" as a two-word preposition, I think that is how it is functioning in this idiom. 0-

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  • 12br 10 -Example: all over the world12blockquote 12br 02br 00 Even though no dictionaries which I consulted show "all over" as a two-word preposition, I think that is how it is functioning in this idiom.
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0 Allwords.com has: 02br
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00Idiom: all over something12br
10 -Everywhere in or on it.12br
10 -Example: all over the world12blockquote
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00 Even though no dictionaries which I consulted show "all over" as a two-word preposition, I think that is how it is functioning in thi
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0i look it up in Cambridge dictionary02br
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00definition : 01u00nearby02u00 (adv,adj) not far away and 01u00near02u00 (adv,adj) not far away in distance02br
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00so i wonder i can use "nearby" in which case?...02br
00can i say "Is there a post office nearby? instead of "Is there a post
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10In "I want to make a lot of friends all over the world", is "all over the world" an adverb clause? If not, does it have to be replaced by "in the world"?12br
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10"01i00I want to make a lot of friends all over the world02i00." is correct as it is and "all 01i
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0I agree that "all over the world" is an adverbial phrase. I parse this phrase as "(all (over the world))". That is, "all" here works as an adverb to modify the adverbial phrase "over the world". You can say "I have traveled over the world". But you can say also "I have traveled all over the world" if you want to emphasize the completeness or thoroughness of "over the world". "Over the world" wo
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I needed to now if it was a preposition not a adverb.

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