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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Ran through, down to the

I ran through the woods and down to the old wooden bridge.
Is "through" preposition with " the woods" as object of preposition and again "down" is preposition with " to the old wooden bridge" as object of preposition?how can we use and identify " down" correctly( preposition or adverb?)
  

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) Down can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): She was walking down the street. as an adverb (without a following noun): She lay down and fell asleep. after the verb ‘to be’: Oil prices are down.

— Doraanne

  • ) Down can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): She was walking down the street.
  • as an adverb (without a following noun): She lay down and fell asleep.
  • after the verb ‘to be’: Oil prices are down.
  • as an adjective : I've been feeling rather down lately.
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Jigneshbharatihow can we use and identify " down" correctly( preposition or adverb?)
Down can be used in the following ways:

as a preposition (followed by a noun): She was walking down the street.
as an adverb (without a following noun): She lay down and fell asleep.
after the verb‘to be’: Oil p
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What is the parts of speech of "down" and " To" or they are single units in the example?
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What about " through" is it a parts of a verb( (phrasal verb) or preposition?
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JigneshbharatiWhat is the parts of speech of "down" and " To" or they are single units in the example?
They are prepositions.
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Jigneshbharati What about " through" is it a parts of a verb( (phrasal verb) or preposition?
Run throughis a phrasal verb of run.
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Doraanne Jigneshbharati Run throughis a phrasal verb of run.
Not in this sentence. It was literal.

"Run through" is a phrasal verb that can have a few non-literal meanings, like "practice for a performance." Let's run through the first few scenes of Act II. It can mean "use up all your money" - we ran through our savings when I lost my job.
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http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/run+down+to

I understand the meaning of the sentences but my main doubt are:
are they fixed expressions but still classed as phrasal verbs? means the particle( preposition or adverbs) belong to verb and not to the object after it.
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JigneshbharatiI ran through the woods and down to the old wooden bridge.
I ran - subject, verb
through the woods - prepositional phrase: preposition and its object
and - conjunction
(I continued to run)
down - adverb indicating downward motion (The bridge was below the starting point of the run.)
to the
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Thank you kindly CJ. I would be grateful if you can explain to me how to identify if a particle ( adverb or preposition) is a part of phrasal verb.
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