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Adverbs are words or groups of words which tell time, place, frequency or manner.
| I ate my lunch yesterday. | She went there. |
| I ate at that restaurant last week. | She went downtown. |
Prepositions are usually followed by objects in prepositional phrases. They can also be used to indicate time, place, frequency, duration, reason, manner, or to show contrast.
| I ate my lunch at noon. | She went to the store. |
| I ate in the cafeteria. | She walked into the house. |
*Do not use adverbs as objects of prepositions.
| Incorrect: | Correct: |
| I went to somewhere. | I went somewhere. |
| I was busy at last night. | I was busy last night. |
| John works in downtown. | John works downtown. |
| She came to home on yesterday. | She came home yesterday. |
Be careful with words such as home, downtown, today, next/last week, etc. which are sometimes used as adverbs and sometimes used as nouns.
| I will go back tomorrow. | Tomorrow is another day. |
| She went home last night. | They built a home in Oregon. |
| Next week I will travel to Iowa. | Next week is my vacation. |
See also : Grammar – Adverbs, Prepositions of Location
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