I can find my way home. [Is 'home' an adverb?]
I can find my way home.
In this sentence, the word home is classified as an "adverb" in the dictionaries I've consulted.
But how can that be?
I think home here post-modifies the noun way.
If so, how can something that post-modifies a noun be classified an adverb?
Top answer
I, too, think of home as an adverb in your sentence as it indicates where the person is going. Grammatical terminology is a free-for-all and no doubt there are other opinions. In fact, there are many differences between some common grammar terms in Scandinavia and the Anglo-Saxon world, for example.
- I, too, think of home as an adverb in your sentence as it indicates where the person is going.
- Grammatical terminology is a free-for-all and no doubt there are other opinions.
- In fact, there are many differences between some common grammar terms in Scandinavia and the Anglo-Saxon world, for example.
- CB
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I, too, think of home as an adverb in your sentence as it indicates where the person is going. Grammatical terminology is a free-for-all and no doubt there are other opinions. In fact, there are many differences between some common grammar terms in Scandinavia and the Anglo-Saxon world, for example.
CB
0I can find my way (to go) home.
Home is an adverb. It does not post-modify "way." The true post-modifier, an infinitive clause, is clear by adding "to go." Not only does the meaning remain the same, but the grammar becomes obvious.
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