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   CHRS: IBMPC 2   
   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:   
      
    AK>> Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled   
    AK>> the door to against the increasing rain.   
      
    AK>  It "against" a verb? ;-)   
      
      
             No, it's a preposition.  I think the difficulty here is that "to" may   
    be used either as a preposition or, less commonly, as an adverb.  :-)   
      
      
                   I pulled the door to = I shut the door   
      
                   against the rain = to prevent the rain from coming in   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)   
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