Guest  +  34626 Fri, 25 Jun 04 03:57 PM Hi, which of the following is the correct usage of 'nearby'?that is, do we use it before a noun or after a noun? 1) We went to a nearby park? or We went to a park nearby? 2) We went to the nearby food centre for our dinner? or We went to the food centre nearby for our dinner? Please explain clearly which is correct? nearby before a noun or after a noun. Why? thanks a lot, jennifer Guest Nouns

	miriam  +  34627 Fri, 25 Jun 04 04:18 PM Hello, Jennifer All four sentences are correct. In English, there are two words "nearby", so to speak. There is a "nearby" that is an adjective, and one that is an adverb. In the first sentences in the pairs you posted, "nearby" is an adjective premodifying a noun, it is part of a noun phrase: "a (nearby park)" "a (nearby food centre)" In the second sentence in each pair, "nearby" is an adverb. It modifies the verb more directly; it is not part of the noun phrase. "We went (to a park) (nearby)." = We went to a park. We went nearby/The park was nearby. I hope that makes sense miriam Joined on Mon, May 10 2004 Argentina Regular Member 821 "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." Plato Verbs, Nouns, Adverbs, Noun Phrases

	miriam  +  34731 Sat, 26 Jun 04 05:54 PM There are two main types of "complements" the verb "to be" can take: - a noun or a nominal construction "I'm a teacher." "I'm what he wants." - an adjective or an adjectival construction "The park is lovely." "The children are very noisy." "The blue dress is larger than the red one." And there is a third type: an adverb or an adverbial, usually of place: "She is here." "I'm in the kitchen." "The park was nearby." "The park is near the bank." This nominal and adjectival complements of the verb "to be" are called usually "predicative" or "subject complement". But authors differ in the name given to the "complement" when it's an adverb or an adverbial because these are a sort of special type of complement. Some of the names used are "locative", "adverbial complement" and "adverbial predicative". miriam Verbs, Constructions, Nouns, Adverbs