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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

The word "over" as a preposition in e.g. "over 30 miles"

Hello

I've looked it up and "over" seems to be a preposition in situations where it means "more than". So fine. I can see that. It's sort of spatial, because there's a "top" point. But then, what is "more than". Is that a prepositional phrase?

Thanks
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'More than' is usually called an adjective: More than one person is coming. )

— Mister Micawber

  • 'More than' is usually called an adjective: More than one person is coming.
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'More than' is usually called an adjective:

More than one person is coming.

(Frankly, I cannot understand why 'over' is not classified as an adjective, too, in this use, even though I see that none of the on-line dictioaries do so.)
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Or indeed, why not an adverb, since it modifies an adjective?

Thanks for answering, anyway.

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