By Adverbs, Nouns

While "before" is a preposition, "prior" is an adjective, so you'd need to keep your wits about you when making substitutions. I wouldn't advise you to count on any rule of thumb at this stage, and I'd only be able to say whether or not a particular example...

sometime adverb at some not specified or definitely known point of time <sometime last night> It's an adverb, not a noun, in your example.sometime near noon, sometime last night, sometime tomorrow, sometime last week, etc. CJ

I stayed up all night until sometime near noon the next day. The word sometime is an adverb, but can I use it, as a noun, like above?.Or should sometime be the two -word phrase some time? ThanksLiJ

According to Merriam-Webster Unabridged, possible can be a noun, adjective and adverb: -- possible Function: noun 1 a : POSSIBILITY, POTENTIALITY -- usually used in plural <all the infinite number of possibles -- Jonathan Edwards> b : all that can be done : BEST <had done my...

So, I spoke to an english professor last night and I was told... A verb can not be described as 'propulsive', therefore it is not an adverb. "The bat propulsively affected the ball" is incorrect. However, "The effect of the bat was propulsive" is correct. When you...

II'd be one to admit grammar is never my strong suit but I'm always eager to learn. I've read thoroughly the thread titled "grammar exercise" regarding noun clause/subordinate clause used as adjective, adverb, indirect object and so forth. I really had to strain my brain to...

Don't put an adverb between a verb and its object, or it'll sound odd. I don't see infinitives as objects in this case, so it's ok to put something else between the infinitive and the main verb in sentences like "I tried (...) to install blah blah".I think objects are...

The word laugh is either a noun or a verb, never an adjective or adverb. If it follows a possessive pronoun (which could be substituted with the definite article) it must be a noun. Words with the "ly" suffix are adverbial.

You should delete the indefinite article in the second and third sentences. - "pharmacologically active" = adverb + adjective (i.e. there is no noun)- "inert" = adjective (i.e. there is no noun)

A Grammar Rhyme by David B. Tower and Benjamin F. Tweed A noun's the name of anything; As, school or garden, hoop or swing. Adjectives tell the kind of noun; As, great, small, pretty, white, or brown. Three of these words we often see, Called articles - a, an, and the. Instead...