Page 128 - Just Enough English Grammar Illustrated Book
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Look again at the phrases walks around and around the
pool in the examples on the previous page. The following chart
highlights the use of the word around as an adverb on the left
and as a preposition on the right.
Some words can be used as more than one part of speech.
ADVERB PREPOSITION
walks VERB PREPOSITION around
+ +
OBJECT
around ADVERB OF the pool
PREPOSITION
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