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Stenka25 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

In "for free", is 'free' adjective or adverb?

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01b00Longman02b00 02br
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00free00 00adverb00 00 00 00 00 00 02br
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00100 00without payment:02br
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00▸for free00 02br
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00• He offered to do the work 00for free00.02br
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00•All these services are available to the public 01u00free of charge02u00.02br
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01b00Oxford02b00 02br
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00free00 adjective02br
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005costing nothing:02br
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00• Admission is free. 02br
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00• You can’t expect people to work 00for free00.00 (= without payment)02br
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00adverb 02br
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001(also 00free of charge00) without payment02br
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00• Children under five travel 01u00free (of charge)02u00.02br
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00Thanks for reading.02br
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00Now, in Longman, both'for free' and 'free of charge' is classified as adverb.02br
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00But, in Oxford, 'for free' is classified as adjective, and 'free of charge' adverb.02br
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00Can you explain why this difference of view has happened?02br
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00[ Let me tell you what I thought.02br
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00Longman is right. Becase 'for free' is shortened form of 'for being free.'02br
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00What do you think of my view?]02br
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00Thanks. Bae.0510name[문서의 처음]
  

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0You can’t expect people to work for free. To work how (adverbial)? for free02br 02br 00for free 00≠for being free0-

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  • 0You can’t expect people to work for free.
  • To work how (adverbial)?
  • for free02br 02br 00for free 00≠for being free0-
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0You can’t expect people to work for free. To work how (adverbial)? for free02br
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00for free 00≠for being free0-
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0Gee, I don't exactly agree with your point.02br
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00In Oxford, 'free' is classified as adj. and it put 'for free' in this category.02br
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00It says '01u00free02u00' is 01u00adj02u00. and it put 'free' after '01u00for02u00', a definit 01u00preposition02u00. 
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00 Function: 01i00adverb02br
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01b00202b00 01b00:02b00 without charge <children admitted 01i00free02i00> <people have traditionally been able to walk into museums 01i00free02
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0>But, in Oxford, 'for free' is classified as adjective, and 'free of charge' adverb.02br
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00 No, you're not correct. They define, as I see from your posting above, "free" as adjective or adverb, and show examples under those entries, using "for free". 02br
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00 But this doesn't mean that "for free" itself is an adjective. The sum of the wor
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0Hi,02br
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00I'd like to add a comment.02br
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00'For free' is a phrase that is slowly moving from being substandard to being standard. It hasn't quite arrived at 'standard' yet, but you will hear it said very often. Educated people trying to speak carefuly will usually tend to avoid using it.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Thanks all of you.02br
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00"For free" is adverb. 02br
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00Thanks again. 02br
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00(P.S. 02br
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00Oxford dictionary's exact name is 01u00'Oxford advanced learners' dictionary02u00.'02br
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00This book is really great, though.)0-
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