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   Hi, Ardith Hinton! ->Alexander Koryagin   
   I read your message from 24.12.2019 14:56   
      
    AK>>> Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled the door to   
    AK>>> against the increasing rain.   
      
    AK>> It "against" a verb? ;-)   
      
    AH> No, it's a preposition. I think the difficulty here is that "to"   
    AH> may be used either as a preposition or, less commonly, as an   
    AH> adverb. :-)   
      
    AH>     I pulled the door to = I shut the door   
      
    AH>     against the rain = to prevent the rain from coming in   
      
   Well, if "to" was a preposition give me an example when it is a adverb.   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2019   
      
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