Dear friend, close is most frequently used as an adjective or a verb, but in can also be an adverb meaning 'closely, tightly; near, in proximity + close to the wind (an idiom)'. Context is crucial in classifying close as an adjective or

LiveinJapan, it is immaculate grammatically, but, personally, I find the repetition of about inadvisable, so the thought can be formulated more neatly without it. Moreover, you can reinforce the original idea by adding an adverb also . In any

Raja, let me make a number of essential clarifications: 1. ' Hence , that the 'do'-construction in "Who went to the park?" is not possible or at least less preferable (which of the two is it in your opinion?) in "Who

Hello, please allow me to ask a question: when can I use "precious" to express the meaning of "extremely" / "very", as an adverb ? is it able to be used this way only in some perticular conditions / context?

No, they are not correct adverb phrases. In what context do you think you can use them?

Hi, Is "up" necessary in these sentences, or it can be left out? Thanks. Examples: 1. She called me up at the office. 2. I can't open up the window / disk. 3. This item will sure be snatched up very quickly at

double (like twice ) is an adverb (of degree) in this context. It modifies size . (Look up double and twice at www.m-w.com.) CJ

Hi. Would you help me with what I think are conditional problems? 1. Is it incorrect (possibly strange?) to have the underlined conditional structure in the following context? The situation reflects just one party's talking eventhough it

I understand that with verb-to-be sentence, we can use noun, adverb and adjective after the verb-to-be: eg He is Peter (noun) The dog is outside (adverb) She is great (adjective) It is also correct to say: The work is done (done is the past

Hello Amit, 1. We will inform you post-weekend. There can be no objection to this in terms of word-formation: the prefix "post-" modifies "weekend", with the meaning "after the weekend", and "post-weekend" itself acts as an adverb.