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Grammar and Linguistics > Noun or adverb?
Noun or adverb?
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brahmam
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Noun or adverb?
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Please tell me whether the word �Thursday � in the following sentence is a noun or an adverb.
Polling in these areas will be held on Thursday.
Thanks in advance.
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21 Jan 2010
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lshorton99
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Noun. It �s like saying �on the moon �.
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21 Jan 2010
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moravc
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yes, I agree - it is a noun
adverbs of frequency are - always, often, regularly, sometimes, rarely, seldom, never...
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21 Jan 2010
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Carla Horne
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Both replies are correct, but may I please add that "on Thursday" is a prepositional phrase, and prepositional phrases always begin with a preposition and end with the object of the preposition. Of course, the object of a preposition is ALWAYS a noun or a pronoun.
Good luck,
Carla
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21 Jan 2010
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moravc
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Oh YES! The prepositional phrase :-D
Thanks Carla, that �s what I was trying to remember for the last few minutes...
At the minimum, a prepositional phrase begins with a
preposition and end with a
noun, pronoun,
gerund, or clause, the
"object" of the preposition...
Adjectives modify nouns.......
Adverbs modify, or further describe, verbs....
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21 Jan 2010
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HARIM
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I �d like to add that all the prepositional phrase "on Thursday" is an adverb of time answering the question when.But "Thursday" is a noun used as an object of the preposition .
Hope it �s clear
Cheers |
21 Jan 2010
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donapeter
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well.....I do not agree. If it tells when something happens, it �s an adverb: I �ll leave on Sunday. (you can ask a question like: when?so it will be a time adverb) but: Sunday is my favorite day of the week. is a noun. (here the question to be asked is different:What/which is my favorite day of the week) |
21 Jan 2010
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douglas
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It �s a noun used as the object of a preposition. |
21 Jan 2010
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donapeter
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Take a look: and: (the first document) the first document,too
Please give links or, at least, a source to check the availability of your statements.
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21 Jan 2010
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lshorton99
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But as your first link states �you use noun groups as adverbials of time � - the word �Thursday � is still a noun. It �s used as part of a time expression but that doesn �t change the word itself. Thursday is never an adverb, however it is used as part of an adverbial or prepositional phrase.
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21 Jan 2010
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donapeter
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In this case, people shouldn �t bother to ask. They just can look up in a dictionary and there is a definition and next to it , they state the grammatical category of the word. That should be enough! |
21 Jan 2010
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