Adverbs in a sentance

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tech607
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Adverbs in a sentance

Post by tech607 »

Hi,

My son says there are 2 adverbs in the below sentence.

She quickly ate her dinner and ran out.

1) quickly and 2) out

But I think out is a preposition. Can anyone help to understand this, please?

Thanks
mad?
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Re: Adverbs in a sentance

Post by mad? »

I think, and am very prepared to stand corrected, that the only adverb in that sentence is quickly. I used to remember adverbs as being words that describe HOW something is done, and 'out' does not do this.
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Re: Adverbs in a sentance

Post by Nella »

To be honest I haven’t the foggiest; however this is what Dr Google has found for me:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.macm ... tish/out_1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Any clearer....?..... I’m not sure it is for me :lol:
tech607
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Re: Adverbs in a sentance

Post by tech607 »

Thank you Both.

Looks like "Out" can be used as adverbs and prepositions.

Looks at the sentence below...

"He took out a pair of socks." - Because out takes the object "a pair of socks", out is a preposition in this sentence.

"He took out." - Because there is no noun after out, out is an adverb

Please correct me if I am wrong ?
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