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I spent the rest day at home

I spent the rest of the day at home.

Here, rest is a noun, and we can't use it as an adjective in the meaning of what's left.

Be careful not to loose your money.

Be careful not to lose your money.

Lose (with one o) is the common verb meaning not to be able to find. Loose (with double o) is an adjective meaning unfastened, free: The horse was loose in the field.

Jill loved money; she was miser.

Jill loved money; she was a miser.

Miser i s a noun, and we can't use it as an adjective. The adjective is miserly: She was miserly.

Afterwards we went home for dinner.

After we went home for dinner.

After is a preposition and we must use it with an ob|ect. Afterwards, then, after that are adverbs of time and we can use them alone.

I passed by your house yesterday.

I past by your house yesterday.

Past isn't a verb. The past tense and past participle of the verb to pass is passed.

We can use past as a noun: Don't think of the past; an adjective: The past week was warm; a preposition: We walked past the church; an adverb: The train went past.

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