Re: Adverbs not prepositions [was: Re: Annoying use of prepositions]
- From: Molly Mockford <nospamnobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 19:16:45 +0100
At 20:09:38 on Sun, 6 Apr 2008, Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in <65shv9F2h2opnU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
I'd lime to pooint out that in most of the cases examined in this thread we're not talking about prepositions at all. The particles under discussion are actually adverbs,
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