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Prepositional phrase


A prepositional phrase is a phrase beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun. The phrase relates the noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence. The noun or pronoun being related [..]
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A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition and a noun phrase. We use prepositional phrases for many purposes. Example As adverbials of time and place: We will be back in a few days. They drove to Glasgow. As a postmodifier in a noun phrase: Helen is the girl in the red dress. We've got a new television with a thirty-one-inch screen. To [..]
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Prepositional phrase


A part of a sentence which consists of a noun phrase preceded by a preposition and which functions in its entirety as a complement to a verb, e.g. She cut the cake with a knife.
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a clause in a sentence that begins with a preposition (such as of, in, or with) and serves as an adjective or adverb. In the sentence "The money on the table belongs to me," the words on the [..]
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 A phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. The latter serves as the object of the preposition. The prepositional phrase serves to link its noun or pronoun to the sentenc [..]
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(grammar) A phrase containing both a preposition and its object or complement; may be used as an adjunct or a modifier.
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