Talk:Binomial

Prepositions
Are the following adverbs or prepositions?:
 * now and then; here and there; left and right; high and low; over and under; up and down; etc.

--Roger 17:52, 15 October 2012 (CDT)
 * They certainly look like adverbs to me. "I'm going to go now." (time) "Put it here. (position) And so on. Some of them - perhaps all of them - can also be used as other parts of speech as well though.--Bob M 03:16, 16 October 2012 (CDT)


 * I'm only a qualified English as a foreign language teacher and there are occasions when I doubt the exact function of certain words under certain circs. (I usually ask my students...), but, basically, all of the above can all be used in different ways - possibly the most versatile one is "up", which we can use as an adverb (sit up); preposition (walk up the hill); adjective (attrib.: the up escalator; an up quark; predic.: time's up; be up); verb: up the ante; she upped and left me; noun (esp. in pl.: the ups and downs, but also "another up is that..."). --Technopat 03:45, 16 October 2012 (CDT)

Just out o' curiosity...
I personally say bacon and eggs, but I notice that many folks say eggs and bacon. Any preferences out there? Regional diffs? --Technopat 03:56, 16 October 2012 (CDT)
 * And as kids we were always told to put our shoes and socks on, which always struck me as being difficult... --Technopat 03:58, 16 October 2012 (CDT)
 * Me too, on all of the above curiosity, and I'm from Califorina. Now that I am telling my own son these things instead of hearing them from my mother, I try to get the socks before the shoes, but they just don't like going first. I guess shoes are more primary than socks. We get by without any bacon at all, most days. I think the order is probably based on importance. We could say, "Put on your shoes," and suffice but solely, "Put on your socks," would be insufficient. --Roger 18:13, 15 November 2012 (CST)