christine in al Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 ( Here is why I am doing 2 grammar programs... I don't get it yet) So in the sentence: The dog jumped up. Is " up" a prepostion or and adverb? ( WHY?) Or can a word be two things in one sentence? OR,, is Gramar an art and both interpretations can be argued? ~christine in AL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 (edited) I'd go with jump as the verb and up as an adverb (like a 'directional adverb') Edited January 9, 2010 by Momling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 (edited) ( Here is why I am doing 2 grammar programs... I don't get it yet) So in the sentence: The dog jumped up. Is " up" a prepostion or and adverb? ( WHY?) Or can a word be two things in one sentence? OR,, is Gramar an art and both interpretations can be argued? ~christine in AL. It's an adverb. A preposition must have an object, or it's not preposition. A preposition always begins a prepositional phrase. It comes "before" (pre) another word showing a relationship (position) between its object and another word in the sentence. Without an object, there is no other word for it to show a relationship with, so it can't be a preposition. The word "up" in this sentence answers the question jumped "where?". Words that answer "where?" are adverbs. Edited January 9, 2010 by matroyshka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine in al Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 Really? Really? That's a HUGe piece that neither of my fantastic grammar programs have told me. ( well , in a way I got... just yet) REALLY? That's so easy , so cool. Really?? Thanks. I love Grammar. ~christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Really? Really? That's a HUGe piece that neither of my fantastic grammar programs have told me. ( well , in a way I got... just yet) LOL... which part, the adverb questions or the preposition definition? :) If MCT is one of your fantastic programs, it goes over the preposition thing quite well - one of the things I love about the program - how clear it makes things in so few words! I think a lot of programs make it all unnecessarily convoluted and opaque when it doesn't have to be! I thought EG did a pretty good job of giving the questions you should ask to determine adjectives and adverbs - I've lent out my copy so I know I'm probably forgetting some, but adjectives answer the questions "what kind", "how many", and "which one" and adverbs answer the questions "how", "when", "where", and "to what extent". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine in al Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 more grammar questions to come. My need is so great, we could have a Grammar subforum. ~c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine in al Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 That there has to be an object. ~c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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