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Old 03-05-2008, 08:38 PM
Benzgirl Benzgirl is offline
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Originally Posted by Little32 View Post
But then the preposition is wrong--it should be from....Either way that sentence is grammatically jacked up.
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Apart or A Part?


Apart
is normally used as an adverb. It can be a part of a preposition when joined with the word from.

A part
is a <B>noun.

</B>Example: The shed blew apart in the storm. (Adverb)
Example: I saw no one apart from you. (Preposition) Example: The motor is missing a part of the flywheel. (Noun)
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000184.htm
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