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Anon f8r Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Until recently
'Until' is a preposition / conjunction. 'Recently' is an adverb. Shouldnt 'until' be followed by a noun or a pronoun instead of an adverb? Why do we often see sentences start with 'until recently'?
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Hongkie Shouldnt 'until' be followed by a noun or a pronoun instead of an adverb? What makes you think that? Hongkie Why do we often see sentences start with 'until recently'?
- Hongkie Shouldnt 'until' be followed by a noun or a pronoun instead of an adverb?
- What makes you think that?
- Hongkie Why do we often see sentences start with 'until recently'?
- Because that is a time we often talk about.
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Hongkie Shouldnt 'until' be followed by a noun or a pronoun instead of an adverb?What makes you think that?
HongkieWhy do we often see sentences start with 'until recently'?Because that is a time we often talk about.
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We have been told that a preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and the rest of the sentence. A preposition always followed by a noun, a pronoun or a noun phrase. Is this true?
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