Monday, September 1, 2008

One Word, Many Word Classes


In the comic above, the word "down" is used as an adjective, which is used to describe a specialized machine that is not working.

The adjective "down" has another meaning as well. For example, "She has been feeling down since her husand died." 

"Down" can be used as a preposition (Who put my Fendi Baguette down there?) (We drove down Haji Lane), verb (He downed two jugs of bourbon coke by himself) or even an adverb (Have you written it down?) (My father has paid the down payment for the new Mercedes C-Class).

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