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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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is the word ago a preposition?
  

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All good [url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ago]DICTIONARIES[/url] list the part of speech of a word.
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And dictionaries don't care whether or not you say "please" when asking for help. But we do.
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It happened long ago. = "ago" is adverb that modifies the verb; It happened a week ago. = "ago" is an adjective that modifies the noun "week." "Week" is a noun used to modify the verb = It happened to the extent of a week past.
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Isn't it an adverb of adverb in It happened long ago for long?
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Some authorities explain it this way: "ago" modifies "happened." When did it happen? Answer: ago. (You could not say: It happened long.) Then they explain that "long" (an adverb) modifies "ago." (How much ago? Long ago.)
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