Crystal W wrote:GMATGuruNY wrote:Crystal W wrote:Outlining his strategy for nursing the troubled conglomerate back to health, the chief executive announced plans Wednesday to cut the company's huge debt by selling nearly $12 billion in assets over the next 18 months.
This is the right sentence and my question is why it does not add prep on before Wednesday. I cut off this choice because of this reason.
Thanks in advance!
Here,
Wednesday serves as an adverb similar to
yesterday or
today:
The executive announced plans TODAY.
The executive announced plans YESTERDAY.
The executive announced plans WEDNESDAY.
No preposition is needed before this sort of adverb.
Thank you very much but how can I distinguish it is a noon or a prep?
Pay attention to meaning as much as grammar.
Since
Wednesday expresses WHEN the executive ANNOUNCED, it must be an ADVERB serving to modify
announced (just as
today and
yesterday are adverbs in the analogous sentences above).
If a day of the week serves to express WHEN an action occurs, no preposition is needed:
Mary visited the park last Tuesday.
Here,
last Tuesday is an adverb serving to modify
visited, expressing WHEN Mary VISITED..
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