What is the difference between an adverb and a preposition?
What is the same?
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They are different kinds of words. They are both sometimes short. Adverb : the word class that qualifies adjectives, verbs or clauses.
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They are different kinds of words.
They are both sometimes short.
Adverb : the word class that qualifies adjectives, verbs or clauses.
Preposition : a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
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They are different kinds of words. They are both sometimes short.
Adverb: the word class that qualifies adjectives, verbs or clauses. Preposition: a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word