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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Through the forest
The fog began to lift and the moon turned the narrow path throughout the forest to a long silver finger.I read this in my son's reading book.
I didn't get the idea of using the preposition "through" in "through the forest"?What does "through" mean here?
I didn't get the idea of using the preposition "through" in "through the forest"?What does "through" mean here?
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"Throughout" is a preposition of place, an adverb. "Throughout the forest" is an adverbial prepositional phrase. It doesn't make excellent sense to me that something narrow would be throughout anything.
- "Throughout" is a preposition of place, an adverb.
- "Throughout the forest" is an adverbial prepositional phrase.
- It doesn't make excellent sense to me that something narrow would be throughout anything.
- "Throughout" suggests into every part of something, which something narrow doesn't seem to do in my opinion.
- Simply "through" as in "across" might have worked better.
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"Throughout" is a preposition of place, an adverb. "Throughout the forest" is an adverbial prepositional phrase. It doesn't make excellent sense to me that something narrow would be throughout anything. "Throughout" suggests into every part of something, which something narrow doesn't seem to do in my opinion. Simply "through" as in "across" might have worked better. A path of light cut throu
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