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User777 Posted 7 years ago
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I was told because of is an adverb and is used with anything but nouns and pronouns obviously.
I'm having to bear losses because of my mother-in-law.
But isn't mother-in-law a noun here?
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user777 I was told 'because of' is an adverb You were told wrong. It's a compound preposition. user777 But isn't mother-in-law a noun here?
- user777 I was told 'because of' is an adverb You were told wrong.
- It's a compound preposition.
- user777 But isn't mother-in-law a noun here?
- Yes.
- 'my mother-in-law' is the object of the preposition 'because of'.
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user777 I was told 'because of' is an adverb
You were told wrong. It's a compound preposition.
user777But isn't mother-in-law a noun here?
Yes. 'my mother-in-law' is the object of the preposition 'because of'.
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