Posted by Lea on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 9:46am.
Many words can be identified as adverbs AND prepositions, depending on how they're used in the sentence.
In your first sentence, "around" is an adverb. It's telling where the verb is taking place.
In the second sentence, "around" is a preposition; the entire prepositional phrase is "around the block" and it's being used adverbially.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adverbs.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/prepositions.htm
No, "around" tells where you are walking, so it modifies the verb.
"Around the block" is a prepositional phrase telling where you are walking.... so around is a what ?
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