Adverbs are words or groups of words which tell time, place, frequency or manner. | ||||
I ate my lunch yesterday. | She went there. | |||
I ate at that restaurant last week. | She went downtown. | |||
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. | ||||
I ate my lunch at noon. | She went to the store. | |||
I ate in the cafeteria. | She walked into the house. | |||
*Do not use adverbs as objects of prepositions.
Incorrect: | Correct: | ||
I went to somewhere. | I went somewhere. | ||
I was busy at last night. | I was busy last night. | ||
John works in downtown. | John works downtown. | ||
She came to home on yesterday. | She came home yesterday |
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. | Tomorrow is another day. | ||||||||
She went home last night. | They built a home in Oregon. | ||||||||
Next week I will travel to Iowa. | Next week is my vacation. | ||||||||
YOU MAY NEED TO SEE THIS LINK TOO: SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT (SVA)
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