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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

problem of identifying "to"

I don't know when 'to' is prepositionand when 'to' is adv
  

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To is not often an adverb, but when it is, it need have no object: ADVERB: 1. In one direction; toward a person or thing: owls with feathers wrong end to . 2.

  • To is not often an adverb, but when it is, it need have no object: ADVERB: 1.
  • In one direction; toward a person or thing: owls with feathers wrong end to .
  • 2.
  • Into a shut or closed position: pushed the door to .
  • 3.
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To is not often an adverb, but when it is, it need have no object:

ADVERB: 1. In one direction; toward a person or thing: owls with feathers wrong end to. 2. Into a shut or closed position: pushed the door to. 3. Into a state of consciousness: The patient came to. 4. Into a state of action or attentiveness:

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