It is hard to distinguish between preposition and adverb in this sentence
There is a simple sentence below.
We prepared a picnic lunch and drove down by the river.
Is "down" a preposition or adverb in this sentence?
Plesase, let me know.
The easiest way to parse down by the river is to think of down by as a double preposition:
I can’t get out of going to the meeting.
They made a wall out of old tires.
She sat across from her father-in-law.
There’s a cabin up on the ridge.