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AnneShirlye
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 Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:53 pm Post subject: What part of speech is "o'clock"? |
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Ex: I went to the bank at 2 o'clock.
at 2 o'clock is a prepositional phrase, is o'clock a noun? How about 7:00 PM? Is 7:00 PM a noun too? Thanks!! |
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| o'clock is an adverb. PM/AM are adverbs too. |
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AnneShirlye
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| So Prepositional Phrase doesn't have to end in a noun? I learned that Prepositional Phrase has to end with a noun. I'm soo confused. Thank you. |
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| 2 is the noun, o'clock is the adverb. The whole thing (2 o'clock)could be treated as a noun. |
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AnneShirlye
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Got it! Thanks a bunch! |
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