ACROSS – English Grammar Profiler

The word ‘across’ is most often a preposition.  It can also be a locative adverb or adverb particle.

Often the meaning is ‘opposite’:

We‘ll be right across from you.

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Tagging doesn’t always get it right.  THIS IS NOT A PHRASAL VERB (come across something).  For example:

Police think the single shot came from across the street.

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1 (II)

As a preposition, ‘across’ precedes a noun phrase.  Obviously, the next word will most often be an article.

1 FROM (II) ACROSS (II_RL@) THE (AT) 76123 2 AND (CC) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 29899 3 , (,) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 21582 4 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (II) A (AT1) 19969 5 ALL (DB_RR@) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 19141 6 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (II) THIS (DD1) 18527 7 PEOPLE (NN) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 16610 8 . (.) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 13966 9 (NULL) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 13914 10 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 12197 11 OUT (RP) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 11276 12 JUST (RR) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 10853 13 CITIES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 10111 14 WAY (NN1) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 10089 15 COMMUNITIES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 9938 16 LOCATIONS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 9918 17 SCHOOLS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 9121 18 IT (PPH1) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 8666 19 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (II) YOUR (APPGE) 7338 20 VIEWS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 7086 21 COME (VV0) ACROSS (II) A (AT1) 6737 22 ” (”) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 6558 23 COME (VVI) ACROSS (II) A (AT1) 6198 24 STORES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 5958 25 DIRECTLY (RR) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 5377 26 STUDENTS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 5239 27 COME (VVI) ACROSS (II_RL@) AS (RG@_CSA) 4622 28 SCATTERED (VVN) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4615 29 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (II) AN (AT1) 4588 30 UP (RP) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4558 31 SERVICES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4453 32 SITES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4418 33 ) ()) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4413 34 COMES (VVZ) ACROSS (II_RL@) AS (RG@_CSA) 4337 35 THEM (PPHO2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4334 36 OR (CC) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4328 37 COUNTRIES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4322 38 COME (VVN) ACROSS (II) A (AT1) 4321 39 EVENTS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4274 40 RIGHT (RR_NN1_JJ) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4136 41 BUSINESSES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4124 42 IS (VBZ) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 4123 43 , (,) ACROSS (II) ALL (DB) 3930 44 UNIVERSITIES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3892 45 COMPANIES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3830 46 OFFICES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3760 47 ORGANIZATIONS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3755 48 SPREAD (VVN_VV0_VVD) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3748 49 PLACE (NN1) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3678 50 PROGRAMS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3589 51 CUSTOMERS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3558 52 RIGHT (RR_NN1) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3487 53 LOCATED (VVN_VVD) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3485 54 ALL (DB) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3404 55 BACK (RP) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3388 56 MOVING (VVG) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3382 57 SPREAD (VVN) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3364 58 , (,) ACROSS (II) A (AT1) 3320 59 AVAILABLE (JJ) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3268 60 TRIP (NN1) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3241 61 FROM (II) ACROSS (II) CANADA (NP1) 3119 62 CLIENTS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3114 63 RIGHT (NN1_RR) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3085 64 JOURNEY (NN1) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3044 65 MARKETS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 3013 66 CENTERS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2944 67 COME (VVI) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2916 68 WALK (VVI) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2879 69 LINE (NN1) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2835 70 BUT (CCB) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2790 71 FAMILIES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2754 72 VOLTAGE (NN1) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2750 73 COME (VV0_VVN@) ACROSS (II) A (AT1) 2735 74 STATIONS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2733 75 FACILITIES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2731 76 BRIDGE (NN1) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2715 77 WOMEN (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2709 78 AREAS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2706 79 STUMBLED (VVD) ACROSS (II) THIS (DD1) 2691 80 TEAMS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2687 81 VENUES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2632 82 HALFWAY (RR_JJ) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2610 83 DISTRIBUTED (VVN) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2585 84 FORTH (RR) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2539 85 GET (VVI) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2537 86 CHILDREN (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2517 87 EVENLY (RR) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2516 88 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (II) SOME (DD) 2498 89 HIM (PPHO1) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2473 90 TRAVEL (VVI) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2466 91 COME (VVN) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2433 92 MOVE (VVI) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2425 93 GROUPS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2409 94 HOMES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2398 95 RAN (VVD) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2358 96 COME (VVN) ACROSS (II) THIS (DD1) 2307 97 YOU (PPY) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2278 98 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (II_RL@) IT (PPH1) 2231 99 INSTITUTIONS (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2206

100 AGENCIES (NN2) ACROSS (II) THE (AT) 2187

2 (RL) is rare.

When ‘across’ is followed by punctuation, a conjunction, preposition or verb it might be a locative adverb.

1 DIRECTLY (RR) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 4922 2 , (,) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 4437 3 COME (VVN) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 4322 4 COMES (VVZ) ACROSS (RL@_II) AS (II_CSA) 3272 5 COME (VV0) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 2893 6 POINT (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) . (.) 2756 7 COME (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 2648 8 MESSAGE (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) . (.) 2474 9 COME (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) AS (II_CSA) 2303 10 COME (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) IN (II) 1771 11 JUST (RR) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 1601 12 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 1574 13 COME (VV0) ACROSS (RL@_II) AS (CSA_RG@) 1547 14 COME (VVN) ACROSS (RL@_II) IN (II) 1490 15 GET (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 1368 16 INCHES (NNU2) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 1322 17 COME (VV0) ACROSS (RL@) , (,) 1299 18 COME (VV0) ACROSS (RL@) IN (II) 1256 19 COMES (VVZ) ACROSS (RL@_II) IN (II) 1248 20 GET (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) TO (II) 1226 21 MESSAGE (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) TO (II) 1175 22 SITTING (VVG) ACROSS (RL@) FROM (II) 1142 23 FROM (II) ACROSS (RL@_II) NORTH (ND1) 1115 24 RIGHT (RR_NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 1087 25 AND (CC) ACROSS (RL@) FROM (II) 1076 26 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (RL@_II) IN (II) 1052 27 AND (CC) ACROSS (RL@) TO (II) 1011 28 . (.) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 971 29 COME (VV0_VVN@) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 959 30 ( (() ACROSS (RL@) FROM (II) 952 31 POINT (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) , (,) 946 32 COME (VVI) ACROSS (RL@_II) AS (CSA_RG@) 928 33 COME (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) AS (CSA) 915 34 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (RL@_II) AS (II_CSA) 905 35 COME (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) , (,) 902 36 COME (VVN) ACROSS (RL@_II) , (,) 880 37 ) ()) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 877 38 FEET (NN2) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 859 39 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (RL@) , (,) 812 40 COME (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) AS (CSA_II@) 787 41 LOCATED (VVN) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 781 42 MESSAGE (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) , (,) 769 43 WAY (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) . (.) 766 44 VIEWS (NN2) ACROSS (RL@_II) TO (II) 759 45 INCHES (NNU2) ACROSS (RL@) , (,) 755 46 COMES (VVZ) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 743 47 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (RL@) WAS (VBDZ) 734 48 IS (VBZ) ACROSS (RL@) FROM (II) 709 49 COME (VV0) ACROSS (RL@) AS (II_CSA) 692 50 IT (PPH1) ACROSS (RL@_II) TO (II) 680 51 (NULL) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 665 52 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (RL@_II) ON (II) 649 53 COMES (VVZ) ACROSS (RL@) AS (CSA) 647 54 LOCATED (VVN_VVD) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 639 55 COME (VV0_VVN@) ACROSS (RL@_II) AS (CSA_RG@) 636 56 COMING (VVG) ACROSS (RL@) AS (II_CSA) 635 57 COME (VVN) ACROSS (RL@) IS (VBZ) 629 58 INCHES (NNU2) ACROSS (RL@) AND (CC) 594 59 COME (VVN) ACROSS (RL@_II) AND (CC) 591 60 FEET (NN2) ACROSS (RL@_II) , (,) 590 61 GET (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) IS (VBZ) 590 62 ) ()) ACROSS (RL@) , (,) 586 63 SAT (VVD) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 573 64 COME (VV0) ACROSS (RL@) ON (II) 557 65 GET (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) , (,) 551 66 FEET (NN2) ACROSS (RL@_II) AND (CC) 548 67 LOCATED (VVD_VVN) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 548 68 SITTING (VVG) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 531 69 COME (VV0) ACROSS (RL@_II) AND (CC) 514 70 ” (”) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 506 71 RIGHT (JJ) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 500 72 RIGHT (NN1_RR) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 494 73 SITS (VVZ) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 490 74 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (RL@_II) TO (II) 486 75 COME (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) TO (II) 474 76 MESSAGE (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) IN (II) 452 77 IT (PPH1) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 450 78 , (,) ACROSS (RL@_II) TO (II) 446 79 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (RL@_II) AND (CC) 446 80 WAY (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) TO (II) 444 81 COMES (VVZ) ACROSS (RL@_II) TO (II) 442 82 COMES (VVZ) ACROSS (RL@) AS (CSA_II@) 437 83 LOT (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 421 84 COME (VVI) ACROSS (RL@_II) AND (CC) 416 85 COME (VV0) ACROSS (RL@) AS (CSA) 415 86 MILES (NNU2) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 414 87 COME (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) ON (II) 413 88 COME (VV0_VVN@) ACROSS (RL@) IN (II) 405 89 COME (VVN) ACROSS (RL@) , (,) 404 90 COMES (VVZ) ACROSS (RL@) , (,) 397 91 WAY (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) , (,) 387 92 COME (VV0) ACROSS (RL@) IS (VBZ) 382 93 POINT (NN1) ACROSS (RL@_II) TO (II) 380 94 CAME (VVD) ACROSS (RL@) WITH (IW) 372 95 ) ()) ACROSS (RL@_II) AND (CC) 366 96 ” (”) ACROSS (RL@_II) AND (CC) 361 97 COMES (VVZ) ACROSS (RL@_II) LIKE (II) 361 98 STRAIGHT (RR) ACROSS (RL@) . (.) 357 99 GET (VVI) ACROSS (RL@) IN (II) 355

100 STREET (NNL1) ACROSS (RL@_II) FROM (II) 353

5 (RP) is very rare.

When ‘across’ is preceded by ‘in’ + gerund, it is an adverb particle when tagged on iWeb corpus.  For example, …in writing across the …