usage of 'abroad'

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ganesh77

#494298 Sat, 29 Mar 08 01:26 PM

I understand that 'abroad' is an adverb.

However, does the following usage sound correct to you: "A lot of abroad companies invest in Indonesian real estate."

The course material I am using insists this is a proper usage.

ganesh77

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The principle which now replies I don't know what was there a hundred years back, the same principle also says that it was unaffected when the whole universe was destroyed....

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Yoong Liat

#494300 Sat, 29 Mar 08 01:40 PM

ganesh77
I understand that 'abroad' is an adverb.

However, does the following usage sound correct to you: "A lot of abroad companies invest in Indonesian real estate."

The course material I am using insists this is a proper usage.

I'd write: A lot of foreign companies invest in Indonesian real estate.

Yoong Liat

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nona the brit

#494303 Sat, 29 Mar 08 01:46 PM

abroad (FOREIGN PLACE) Show phonetics
adjective [after verb], adverb
in or to a foreign country or countries:
He's currently abroad on business.
We always go abroad in the summer.

It's not always an adverb.

It doesn't suit your sentence. Foreign is much better, unless you change the word order to 'companies abroad' but that still isn't as good.