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Preciousbunny Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Prior

It happened prior to my arrival.

Here prior is an adjective or adv?

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It's definitely not an adjective. ) If you take "prior to" as a phrase, it's synonymous with "before," which can work as an adverb or a preposition, if I'm not mistaken. It happened before the flood.

— Avangi

  • It's definitely not an adjective.
  • ) If you take "prior to" as a phrase, it's synonymous with "before," which can work as an adverb or a preposition, if I'm not mistaken.
  • It happened before the flood.
  • It happened prior to the flood.
  • These sound like prepositions to me, but do we have compound prepositions?
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It's definitely not an adjective. (I guess I should have stayed out of this.)Emotion: big smile

If you take "prior to" as a phrase, it's
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Sorry for the late reply.
The MW Online lists "prior to" as a preposition! I'm saved, but not by the bell!
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wow your answers help a lot ,thank u :-)
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Avangido we have compound prepositions?
Yes, we do. Well, I'm sure I do. If you do too, then we do.
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