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Taka Posted 19 years ago
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upwards/downwards

0 01i00The nursery school is probably most correctly considered as an extension 01font00upwards02font00 of the family, rather than an extension 01font00downwards02font00 of the primary school.02br
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02i00About 'upwards/downwards' which do they modify; 'an extention' or 'of the family/of the primary school'?02br
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00Semantically speaking, I think both 'upwards' and 'downwards' modify the extention. But my dictionaries have 'upwards/downwards' only as an adverb...So I wonder if such an adverb can modify a noun...0-
  

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0 It modifies "extension". 0-

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0 It modifies "extension". Upwards/downwards can also be adjective.0-
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01cite10Bokeh12cite10Upwards/downwards can also be adjective.12blockquote
10Really? Where did you find the entry for the adjectival usage of 'upwards/downwards (NOT upward/downward)?0-
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0 An upwards spiral,02br
00"Upwards" quotes and quotations,02br
00The Upwards album,0-
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01cite10Taka12cite11blockquote
11cite20Bokeh22cite20Upwards/downwards can also be adjective.22blockquote
20Really? Where did you find the entry for the adjectival usage of 'upwards/downwards (NOT upward/downward)?12br
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10It modifies "extension". Upwards/downwards can also be adjective.12p

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00Actually, "upward/downward" is the adjectival form, while both "upward/downward" and "upwards/downwards" can be used as adverbs, and "upwards/downwards" as prepositions (according to

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01cite10Taka12cite10Semantically speaking, I think both 'upwards' and 'downwards' modify the extention. But my dictionaries have 'upwards/downwards' only as an adverb...So I wonder if such an adverb can modify a noun...12br
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10Hello Taka,02br
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00I would agree with you: "upwa
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0 Just as I thought!02br
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00Thank you, MrP!0-
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