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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Part of speech for "outside"
In the sentence, "He works outside." "outside" appears to be an adverb modifying "works". However, what about the following sentences, what part of speech is "outside": He is outside. He is outside the house. Grammar is outside my expertise.It's my understanding (misunderstanding?) that adverbs can't modify intransitive verbs such as "is".
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Anonymous He is outside. Adverb. Anonymous He is outside the house.
- Anonymous He is outside.
- Adverb.
- Anonymous He is outside the house.
- Grammar is outside my expertise.
- Preposition.
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Anonymous He is outside.Adverb.
Anonymous He is outside the house. Grammar is outside my expertise.Preposition.
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Anonymousadverbs can't modify intransitive verbsNot so.
She sleeps well on this new mattress.
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