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Sky Salad Clipper asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 5 years ago

Is "by" used as a preposition or an adverb in the following sentence? Stopping by and ant nest, I saw a spider.?

Thanks for your help.

Update:

Whoops- "Stopping by *an ant nest, I saw a spider."

I've gotten two answers that contradict each other. Which is correct?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    It's a preposition. The whole phrase "by an ant nest" functions as an adverb.

  • John
    5 years ago

    "by" is being used as a preposition, with nest as the object of the preposition.

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