about: adverb or preposition
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:53 am
Hi,
I'm new to this forum. I was wondering if 'about' in the sentence below is an adverb or preposition:
I was about to cry.
I saw the sentence in Webster's New World Children's Dictionary, which puts it as an adverb, but Webster's New World Student's Dictionary puts it as a preposition. Both give the definition as 'almost ready'.
Thanks,
Clarence
I'm new to this forum. I was wondering if 'about' in the sentence below is an adverb or preposition:
I was about to cry.
I saw the sentence in Webster's New World Children's Dictionary, which puts it as an adverb, but Webster's New World Student's Dictionary puts it as a preposition. Both give the definition as 'almost ready'.
Thanks,
Clarence