What is the speech part of 'up' and 'down'?
Time is up / Profits are up by 30 percent.
What is the speech part of 'up' in the sentence?
I am down to 50 kilograms / The nation's economic growth is down to 2 percent.
What is the speech part of 'down' in the sentence?
Are they adjectives or adverbs?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Top answer
Modern grammar treats "up" and "down" as prepositions. The PPs "by 30 percent" and "to 50 kilograms"/"to 2 percent" are dependents of "up" and "down", probably complements.
- Modern grammar treats "up" and "down" as prepositions.
- The PPs "by 30 percent" and "to 50 kilograms"/"to 2 percent" are dependents of "up" and "down", probably complements.
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Modern grammar treats "up" and "down" as prepositions.
The PPs "by 30 percent" and "to 50 kilograms"/"to 2 percent" are dependents of "up" and "down", probably complements.
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