tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post7393575974707794769..comments2024-03-29T03:45:15.415+01:00Comments on Random Idea English: Is it a preposition? Is it a conjunction? Or is it an adverb?Warsaw Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-50123425465960736632014-03-03T02:56:43.522+01:002014-03-03T02:56:43.522+01:00great piece of work. thank you for sharing this, i...great piece of work. thank you for sharing this, it's a good help.<br /><br />www.joeydavila.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-12886633722135468372014-02-10T20:24:07.763+01:002014-02-10T20:24:07.763+01:00Hi again,
Probably the reason you think it looks ...Hi again,<br /><br />Probably the reason you think it looks like a preposition phrase is that preposition phrases, such as <i>to town</i> serve an adverb function, just as <i>this afternoon</i> does, but the form is different. As far as I know, <i>this</i> can only be a pronoun, a determiner or an adverb - <i>It was this big!</i>Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-89081005639546410862014-02-10T20:09:24.423+01:002014-02-10T20:09:24.423+01:00Hi Ksen,
I'm not the greatest grammar expert ...Hi Ksen,<br /><br />I'm not the greatest grammar expert in the world, but the way I read it is this:<br /><br /><i>this</i> here is a demonstrative determiner in the noun phrase <i>this afternoon</i> which has an adverbial function - When am I driving to town? This afternoon. And of course it's preceded by the prepositional phrase <i>to town</i>.<br /><br />And <i>to drive to town this afternoon</i> is itself an adjective complement of <i>tired</i>, the main clause being <i>I'm too tired</i>.<br /><br /><a href="http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/this" rel="nofollow">Oxford Advanced - this - determiner</a>Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167585665865020265.post-8765553843989411742014-02-09T23:55:02.961+01:002014-02-09T23:55:02.961+01:00Hello Will,
Fellow TESL/TEFL teacher here wonder...Hello Will, <br /><br />Fellow TESL/TEFL teacher here wondering if there is any other way to classify "this" other than as a demonstrative pronoun. <br /><br />I composed an exercise where one sentence made me wonder about "this".<br /><br /><b> "I'm too tired to drive to town this afternoon" </b><br /><br />I wanted students to look for prepositional phrases in different sentences and realized that other than "to town" -- the intended prepositional phrase in the sentence -- I produced "this afternoon," a phrase which looks like a prepositional one to me.<br />But I am not 100% certain and a quick search online has not given me a exhaustive answer. <br /><br />Could you please help me figure out if "this afternoon" is a prepositional phrase.<br /><br />Thank you!Maple Yogahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913050200399369628noreply@blogger.com