Question on Afterwards

Hi Thinking Spain,

After is a preposition; you follow it with a noun or noun phrase - After the party, he came home.

Afterwards is an adverb. He went to the party, and afterwards he came home.

Regards,

Prajwal

Hi prajwalkr,

Thank you for your reply.

One more question, if a preposition is followed by a noun or a noun phrase, an adverb is followed by a simple sentence in a compund sentence? Is that so?

TS

Hi,

Afterward(s) is an adverb while after is also a preposition. We often do not use them interchangeably

because grammatically they have different uses. Note that afterward(s) is commonly used

after an event that has already been pointed out, that is, it doesn't start a new idea by itself, but

continues the chronological order of events tha

Hi Regards,

Thank YOU so much for the explanation and examples. Now I do understand it very well.

One more question can I substitute in your explanation 'pointed out' for 'mentioned' without changing the meaning of it?

TS

Thinking SpainOne more question can I substitute in your explanation 'pointed out' for 'mentioned' without changing the meaning of it?

Hi,

Of course.

Regards

Hi

One more question, if a preposition is followed by a noun or a noun phrase,an adverb is followed by a simple sentence in a compund sentence? Is that so?

Not always. Mostly, adverbs are followed by verbs.

Eg: She completely rejected his proposal.

Regards,

Prajwal

After can be used as a conjunction, while afterwards cannot:

After I had read his letter, I went to bed.

We'll talk about our plans after he comes.

Conjunctions joins clauses together. You may be more familiar with when as a conju

Hi Regards,

Thanks again for your reply.

Best,

TS

Hi prajwalkr,

Thank for your reply, but my question was about a compund sentence.

TS

Hi Cool Breeze,

Thank you for your additional information and explanation.

Best,

TS