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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Speech part of "over"

"My payment is over $1000."
Here over is an adverb or a preposition? I think that either is okay but labeling it as a preposition is correct. What do you think? Thank you so much.
  

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'Over' is a preposition. With the 'be' verb, no adverb is possible.

  • 'Over' is a preposition.
  • With the 'be' verb, no adverb is possible.
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'Over' is a preposition. With the 'be' verb, no adverb is possible.
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Thank you so much and then here 'about' is also a preposition?
The amount is about $100.
Or here about is considered as an adverb?
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Hans51 then here 'about' is also a preposition? The amount is about $100.
Yes. Read my last post regarding the possibility of its being an adverb.
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Mister Micawber With the 'be' verb, no adverb is possible.
And then what about 'I am home' and 'I am here'? I think that home and here are adverbs. What do you think?
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This argument comes up again and again. There, they are nouns. 'Home' is an idiomatic contraction of 'at home', and here's the dictionary definition of the noun 'here':

here (noun) this place: It's only a short distance from here.
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I am with you but when we say, "It is nearly / almost $ 100.", adverbs also can be put after the verb be and then the position is also for adverbs and I think that about and over can be labelled as adverb. What do you think?
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Hans51 I think that about and over can be labelled as adverb. What do you think?
I have already told you what I think. Are you reading any of my posts?
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Mister MicawberThere, they are nouns. 'Home' is an idiomatic contraction of 'at home', and here's the dictionary definition of the noun 'here':
I have to disagree with you there. I go with Cambridge: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-engl
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Mister MicawberThis argument comes up again and again.

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