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Zpxykm Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

What the part of speech?

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00 In this simple sentence "I will be right back", back means return. What is the part of speech of it?02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Zpxykm12cite 10 Hello all: 12br 12br 10 In this simple sentence "I will be right back", back means return. 12br 12br 10 --Zhao12br 12blockquote 11font 00My analysis: 'back' is an adjective modifying 'I' in the intransitive predicate; 'right' is an adverb modifying 'back'. 02font 00 0-

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Zpxykm12cite 10 Hello all: 12br 12br 10 In this simple sentence "I will be right back", back means return.
  • 12br 12br 10 --Zhao12br 12blockquote 11font 00My analysis: 'back' is an adjective modifying 'I' in the intransitive predicate; 'right' is an adverb modifying 'back'.
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01cite10Zpxykm12cite10 Hello all: 12br
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10 In this simple sentence "I will be right back", back means return. What is the part of speech of it?12br
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10 --Zhao12br
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11font00My analysis: 'back' is an adj
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0 Hi Zpxykm02br
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00Personally I couldn't care less what label is put on a word or expression. This is how Webster's Dictionary analyzes 01i00back02i00 in a sentence like yours:02br
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00back (bak), 01font01b00adv02b02font00.02br
001. at, to, or toward th
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10Hi Zpxykm12br
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10Personally I couldn't care less what label is put on a word or expression. This is how Webster's Dictionary analyzes 11i10back12i10 in a sentence like yours:12br
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10back (bak), 11font11b10
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0 Hello Cool Breeze:02br
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00 Thanks for you work. A simple sentence and word even makes us to spend time, I think the cause is that this word can be many different part of speech.02br
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00 noun: He sits in the back of the room; verb: I will back home immediately; adj: He has gone through the back door of the building; adv: (like the one w
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01cite10Zpxykm12cite10 Hello Cool Breeze:12br
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10 Thanks for you work. A simple sentence and word even makes us to spend time, I think the cause is that this word can be many different part of speech.12br
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10 noun: He sits in the back of the room; verb: I 11font
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01cite10Zpxykm12cite10 Hello all: 12br
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10 In this simple sentence "I will be right back", back means return. What is the part of speech of it?12br
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10 --Zhao12br
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10"I will be right back", 02br
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0 Hello Cool Breeze: Thank your new post.02br
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00 When 'back' used as a verb, it can be vt and vi. We can say " The car backed through the gate." 02br
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00 Do you think there are some restrictions for the 'back' to be used as a verb? 0-
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10 Do you think there are some restrictions for the 'back' to be used as a verb? 12br
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10There are restrictions on everything. A word can only be used in a sense it has. 01i00A cat02i00 does not mean 01i00a dog. To sing02i
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