These are sometimes called prepositional adverbs or adverbial particles. 1  Beth walked up the driveway. (The preposition up is followed by the object.) 2  Beth looked up. (The prepositional adverb up is modifying the verb looked.)
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Bibliography.  1 Cleo Springs, Vertical File, Research Division, Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City. 2  Gloss Mountain Country: A History of Major County (Fairview, Okla.: Major County Historical Society, 1977). 3  Profiles of America, Vol. 2 (2d ed.; Millerton, N.Y.: Grey House Publishing, 2003).