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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

When 'to' is used as an adverb

Hi,

I am having really BIG problems understanding this piece of grammar Emotion: sweating.... Probably because I cannot find any parallels with grammar constructions existing in my mother tongue...
  • The wind blew the door to.
  • When he came to, he was lying on the floor with his hands tied behind his back.
That's all I have on hand.
Additional examples would be appreciated.

If you could point me in the right direction, it would be great.

mus-te
  

Top answer

That's about it for typical examples of its use. What more do you need in the way of direction? adverb 24.

— Mister Micawber

  • That's about it for typical examples of its use.
  • What more do you need in the way of direction?
  • adverb 24.
  • toward a contact point or closed position: Pull the door to.
  • 25.
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That's about it for typical examples of its use. What more do you need in the way of direction?

adverb
24. toward a contact point or closed position: Pull the door to.

25. toward a matter, action, or work: We turned to with a will.

26.into a state of consciousness; out of unconsciousness:after he came to.
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>> That's about it for ...

I thought the two example sentences I inluded in my original post were just the tip of the iceberg...
If the whole subject can actually be reduced to a limited number of 'constructs' ( 24 through 26 ), well... this makes things much easier of course! T
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MUSCOVITEI thought the two example sentences I inluded in my original post were just the tip of the iceberg...
No. They are just about the whole iceberg!
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