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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:35 pm
by pdh0224
Dear teacher,

"In fact, we have been planning for an event such as this literally since we walked through the doors of H.H.S. back in 2001," Mr. Thompson said.


Q : What does "back" function in the sentence?


All the best,

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:18 am
by Alan
Adverbial. It means 'a long time ago/all the way back (in time)'.