'He walked slowly instead of quickly.'
If the above sentence was correct, then 'quickly' should be the object of 'of'.
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Adjectives and adverbs cannot be objects of prepositions.
'He walked slowly instead of quickly.'
If the above sentence was correct, then 'quickly' should be the object of 'of'.
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Then what is the omitted noun/gerund in 'until recently'?I think when an adjective or adverb is object of preposition it probably has a secret noun or gerund or it acts like a noun.
Then what is the omitted noun/gerund in 'until recently'?
The scholar gives these examples:
1. I did not know until now. (adv.)
2. I can see it from here. (adv.)
3. We worked in vain. (adj.)
4. They looked on high for help. (adj.)
/In the first two, the underlined words are nouns. The second two are idioms.
I agree with you.
How would you explain the underlined word below?
'● Seen from above the cars looked tiny. (adv.)'── quoted from http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/above_2
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Then 'above' would be a preposition instead of an adverb. Do you agree?Probably It means "seen from above the building or any object, the cars looked tiny." Do you agree?
Me?
Then 'above' would be a preposition instead of an adverb. Do you agree?
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