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Anonymous  #237479  Sun, 18 Jun 06 09:59 PM

Can someone please help with the following?

What are the word classes of the following 'out's?
Their plan didn't work out so he dropped out of the arrangement.

  
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Mister Micawber  #237498  Mon, 19 Jun 06 12:39 AM

An adverb and a preposition.

  
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Anonymous  #237514  Mon, 19 Jun 06 02:08 AM
 Mister Micawber wrote:

An adverb and a preposition.

Can you explain this second one. I consider them both to be adverbs.
  
Mister Micawber  #237570  Mon, 19 Jun 06 05:34 AM

I am thinking of out of as a phrasal preposition:

PREPOSITION:1a. From within to the outside of: got out of the car. b. From a given condition: came out of her trance. c. From an origin, source, or cause: made out of wood; did it out of spite. d. In, especially intermittently in: works out of the main office. 2a. In a position or situation beyond the range, boundaries, limits, or sphere of: The plane flew out of sight. b. In a state or position away from the expected or usual: out of practice; out of touch with reality. 3. From among: five out of six votes. 4. In or into a condition of no longer having: We're out of coffee. We were tricked out of our savings.



  
Anonymous  #237633  Mon, 19 Jun 06 10:10 AM
Thanks.
  
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