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Can you see the tower from the terrace ?
Can you see the tower from here ?
In the first sentence the construction is from + noun and in the second sentence the construction is
from + adverb . Is the use of adverb after "from" grammatically correct in such sentences ?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Yes

from the <noun>

from here
from there
from over there
from my house

all will work

CalifJim · Answer

According to the dictionary, here may be a noun meaning "this place". there means "that place". Therefore, prepositional phrases like "from here", "from there", "to there", "around here", and "through there" are all possible and grammatically correct.

CJ

Debpriya De · Answer

Does that mean "from + adverb" is not a correct construction since "here" and "there" are acting as nouns ?
But what about the sentence "Can you hear us from outside ?"
"outside' is definitely an adverb here.

CalifJim · Answer

Debpriya DeDoes that mean "from + adverb" is not a correct construction

That's right. You can't have any of these:

from politely
from already
from very
from slowly
...

If a word like "outside" occurs after a preposition, it is automatically a noun. Note that the very first listing here is as a noun:

CJ

Debpriya De · Answer

Okay, but does the same rule apply to time clauses as well ?
For example, "I have known her from before her father's death"
Here "before her father's death" is adverbial.

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