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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

all their lives. new concept english 3.9

Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives.

What this sentence mean?

Most cats remain humans' suspicious in all human' lives.
Most cats remain humans' suspicious in the cats' lives.

Is all a preposition word here?
  

Top answer

Most cats remain suspicious of humans during the cats' lives. john liao Is all a preposition word here? It's called a 'predeterminer', a kind of modifier that can appear before the determiners ( this, the, my )

— Mister Micawber

  • Most cats remain suspicious of humans during the cats' lives.
  • john liao Is all a preposition word here?
  • It's called a 'predeterminer', a kind of modifier that can appear before the determiners ( this, the, my )
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Most cats remain suspicious of humans during the cats' lives.
john liaoIs all a preposition word here?
It's called a 'predeterminer', a kind of modifier that can appear before the determiners (this, the, my)
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Why there is no preposition "in" in front of it? Like:
Most cats remain suspicious of humans in all their lives.
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john liaoWhy there is no preposition "in" in front of it?
The phrase is adverbial, not prepositional.
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