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This post is a little dated but since I've been working with my students on this very topic I thought I'd post.First, you can't understand what the "object of the preposition" is if you don't first know how to identify prepositions. So you need to find a list (google "list prepositions English"...

"I talked to him for only a short time".What is the part of speech of only in above sentence. I wonder that "a" is an indefinite article, so if "only" is an adverb, what does it modify for? I'm really confused!Thank you for your answers!

His finest achievement- indeed masterpiece wouldn't be too strong a word.'Normally in English adjectives follow articles like in a very strong man,a too long sentence....In the above blur-band-sentence too strong (adverbs?) precedes the article.Does the meaning change compared to the more...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following sentence by using the...

Hello, this is my first post here, I like to know these wordskilometercentimeterAre those words noun if they are standing alone ? if it's, what kind of noun it's, proper noun or abstract noun or etc ?After that, I want to indentify the part of speech of the following setence by using the...

far - adverb across - preposition the - article distance - noun It is not often you find an adverb modifying a prepositional phrase, but it can happen. The most usual adverb in this position is right. right in the center right across the fence right through the heart far to the...

Sorry; I misspoke in my earlier post. Take care of is not a phrasal verb, it is just a verb phrase, a verbal idiom.Phrasal verbs consist of a verb + particle (adverb, preposition) which behave as a syntactic unitMake up (= invent) is a phrasal verb, and cannot take an internal adverb: Make up...

Hello! My exercise book writes that 'as' can mean 'even though' when the structure is like; 1. adjective + as + subject + verb 2. adverb + as + subject + verb 3. noun (without any article) + as + sbuject + verb 1. and 2. are OK. But in 3. what if there comes a noun with an article, for...

ABBA is the best and well knownI suppose you could, but your original sentence reads to me as if the article marks two superlatives but is followed by a superlative (best) and a base adverb (well); in any case, it is ambiguous.

hello,I am trying to create a computer program that can interpret english sentances, but I'm struggling with the syntax of an english sentance (which I need to work out first before I can write instructions for the computer). I realize that a real life person wouldn't ever want to use every part...