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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