Qgaby  +  436542 Mon, 29 Oct 07 09:04 PM Hi.Does anybody know why motion prepositions  have deletable objects? Is it  true in all cases? Or does it depend on the meaning of the prep.? qgaby Qgaby Joined on Wed, Sep 26 2007 Argentina New Member 15 Prepositions

	Clive  +  436581 Mon, 29 Oct 07 11:31 PM Hi Qgaby, Can you please provide a few examples of the kind of sentences you are asking about? Thanks, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,657 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	Qgaby  +  438146 Sat, 03 Nov 07 02:16 AM Hi Clive!   An example of  a prep of motion could be: The fullback is through the line In which" through" is the prep and " the line"  may be deletable. Why is it like this??? When  the object is deleted, is the preposition  " through" an adverb? I love the quotation you 've written about tango, although, I'm not a tango fan. qgaby Qgaby Verbs, Prepositions, Adverbs

	Clive  +  438161 Sat, 03 Nov 07 03:37 AM Hi, The fullback is through the line. The fullback is through. (This also has another, informal meaning, ie The fullback is finished, fired, has lost his job) but I don't think that is what you are asking about.) This just seems like ellipsis to me. 'Through' is still a preposition. It's like 1. He walked across the road. 2. He came to the road. He walked across. It's OK as long as I understand what is omitted. Best wishes, Clive Clive Prepositions

	Cool Breeze  +  439034 Mon, 05 Nov 07 02:27 PM  Qgaby wrote: When  the object is deleted, is the preposition  " through" an adverb? Yes. CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,979 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991 Verbs, Prepositions, Adverbs