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Topic: Prepositional phrase

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	Search Results for "prepositional"
		PP A phrase that consists of a preposition and its object and has adjectival or adverbial value, such as in the house in the people in the house or by him in...
		Of or relating to an affix or construction, such as a prepositional phrase, characteristic of the genitive case.
		...phrase is a conjoined noun phrase, like ball techniques and tactics, or when it includes a prepositional phrase, like ball techniques in soccer, the chances of verblessness...
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		A preposition is a word (or group of words) that shows the relation of a noun or pronoun to some other word in a sentence.
		The noun or pronoun at the end of the prepositional phrase is the object of the preposition.
		However, regardless of where you choose to place the prepositional phrase, be sure to place it as close as possible to the word it modifies; otherwise, your sentence may be confusing.
	www.american.edu /ocl/asc/writingsupport/prepositions.htm (580 words)

	What is a Preposition?
		The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.
		A prepositional phrase is made up of the preposition, its object and any associated adjectives or adverbs.
		The preposition "along" introduces the noun phrase "the banister" and the prepositional phrase "along the banister" acts as an adverb, describing where the spider crawled.
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/preposit.html (286 words)

	PREPOSITION 2, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
		Prepositions are parts of speech, single words or compounds with both grammatical and lexical meanings: of, for, by, in, within, in spite of, and inside of are examples of prepositions.
		The preposition introduces such a phrase and serves to (1) govern the object of the preposition and its modifiers, if any, and (2) direct the grammatical force of the entire phrase as a structure of modification, of either a word or a structure immediately preceding or of the rest of the sentence following the phrase.
		In In spring the flowers bloom, in is the preposition, spring is the object, and since the phrase is at the beginning of the sentence, it acts adverbially as a sentence adverb modifying the entire main clause, the flowers bloom.
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	Lessons 181 - 185 Parts of the Sentence - Prepositional Phrases
		A prepositional phrase may be used as an adjective telling which or what kind and modifying a noun or pronoun.
		A prepositional phrase may be used as an adverb telling how, when, where, how much, and why and modifying the verb and sometimes an adjective.
		Notice that some prepositional phrases may be adverbs or adjectives because of their location in the sentence.
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	The Function Of Phrases
		A phrase may function as a verb, noun, an adverb, or an adjective.
		A verb phrase consists of a verb, its direct and/or indirect objects, and any adverb, adverb phrases, or adverb clauses which happen to modify it.
		In this sentence, the prepositional phrase "in early October" acts as an adverb modifying the entire sentence.
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	The Garden of Phrases
		A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition, a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition, and, more often than not, an adjective or two that modifies the object.
		Prepositional phrases usually tell when or where: "in forty minutes," "in the sun, against the side, etc." Prepositional phrases can perform other functions, however: Except Jo, the children were remarkably like their father.
		A prepositional phrase at the beginning of a sentence constitutes an introductory modifier, which is usually a signal for a comma.
	grammar.ccc.commnet.edu /grammar/phrases.htm (2125 words)

	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 by the preposition is called the object of the preposition.
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	The Preposition
		Prepositions are the words that we use to indicate location.
		These prepositions are after, as, before, since, and until.
		If you find a noun [with or without modifiers] following one of these five prepositions, then all you have is a prepositional phrase.
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	Phrases: Prepositional Phrases: The Big Daddy of Phrases — FactMonster.com
		You Could Look It Up phrase is a group of words, without a subject or a verb, that functions in a sentence as a single part of speech.
		A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun.
		An adjectival phrase, as with an adjective, describes a noun or a pronoun.
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	Commas After Introductions
		Introductory phrases also set the stage for the main action of the sentence, but they are not complete clauses.
		Phrases don't have both a subject and a verb that are separate from the subject and verb in the main clause of the sentence.
		Common introductory phrases include prepositional phrases, appositive phrases, participial phrases, infinitive phrases, and absolute phrases.
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	2.4c - Prepositional Phrase
		A preposition is a word which relates a noun phrase to another word or phrase in a sentence (examples: above, below, in, on, among(st), from, with, until).
		A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition, an object of that preposition, and any modifiers of that object.
		Type all the words which constitute the prepositional phrase in the sentence.
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	Prepositional Phrases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The prepositional phrase includes the preposition and the object of the preposition as well as any modifiers related to either.
		ABOVE is not an adverb because it has an object to complete its meaning; therefore, ABOVE is a preposition and the entire phrase is an adverb phrase.
		BEFORE is not a preposition because is not followed by an object that it links to the clause.
	grammar.uoregon.edu /phrases/prepositionalP.html (233 words)

	What is a prepositional phrase?
		A prepositional phrase is an adpositional phrase in which a preposition is the head.
		The phrase is an exocentric construction that functions as an adjectival or adverbial modifier.
		The complement to the preposition is typically one of the following:
	www.sil.org /LINGUISTICS/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAPrepositionalPhrase.htm (85 words)

	Welcome to WritingFix: WritingFix for Poets...Start & Stop with a Prepositional Phrase
		Or--better yet--they can remind the reader how the starting and stopping point of their writing are connected with one word or phrase that's repeated.
		Linking an introduction to a conclusion is an effective skill writers might think about when organizing their writing, and it's good to practice once in a while.
		Let the prepositional phrase you're given inspire a complete piece of writing by deciding on your poem's introduction and conclusion before you begin writing its middle.
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	Verb To Follow Noun; Prepositional Phrase To Follow \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		Verb To Follow Noun; Prepositional Phrase To Follow
		NEW YORK—A verb is slated to follow a noun in an area sentence this week, with a prepositional phrase expected to follow by sentence end.
		President Clinton, a proper noun, praised the sentence, saying, "I am proud to commend this basic achievement in sentence construction." There was no comment from the sentence, as it did not contain quotation marks at press time.
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