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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Modifying prepositions
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Is it acceptable in formal English to modify a preposition, as in the ff. sentences?:
1. They ran way up the hill. ("way," which means "far" in this context, modifies the preposition "up")
2. His score is far above the average. ("far" modifies the preposition "above")
If that's so, what do you call a word that syntactically modifies preposition - an adverb or adjective?
Thanks
Mark
Is it acceptable in formal English to modify a preposition, as in the ff. sentences?:
1. They ran way up the hill. ("way," which means "far" in this context, modifies the preposition "up")
2. His score is far above the average. ("far" modifies the preposition "above")
If that's so, what do you call a word that syntactically modifies preposition - an adverb or adjective?
Thanks
Mark
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Yes. They are adverbs. I suspect they are modifying the whole prepositional phrases, which are adverbial(#1) or adjectival (#2).
- Yes.
- They are adverbs.
- I suspect they are modifying the whole prepositional phrases, which are adverbial(#1) or adjectival (#2).
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Yes. They are adverbs. I suspect they are modifying the whole prepositional phrases, which are adverbial(#1) or adjectival (#2).
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