Adverbs are words or
groups of words which tell time, place, frequency or manner.
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I ate my lunch yesterday.
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She went there.
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I ate at that restaurant last week.
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She went downtown.
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Prepositions are usually followed by objects in prepositional
phrases. They can also be used to indicate time, place, frequency, duration,
reason, manner, or to show contrast.
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I ate my lunch at noon.
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She went to the store.
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I ate in the cafeteria.
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She walked into the house.
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*Do not use adverbs as objects of
prepositions.
Incorrect:
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Correct:
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I went to somewhere.
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I went somewhere.
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I was busy at last night.
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I was busy last night.
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John works in downtown.
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John works downtown.
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She came to home on yesterday.
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She came home yesterday
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Be
careful with words such as home, downtown, today, next/last week, etc. which
are sometimes used as adverbs and sometimes used as nouns.
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I will go back tomorrow.
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Tomorrow is another day.
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She went home last night.
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They built a home in Oregon.
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Next week I will travel to Iowa.
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Next week is my vacation.
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