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“prepositional phrase”
A word or a group of words used with a noun, a pronoun, or a noun phrase to indicate either location, direction, or time: Prepositions are always part of a group of words called a prepositional phrase which begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun known as the "object of the preposition".
The ice in the lemonade cooled the drink.
She saw the movie with her friend.
Jacob checked under the couch and chair as he tried to find the coins that he dropped.
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pon-, posit-, pos-, -poning, -poned, -ponency, -ponent, -ponement, -pound
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“prepositional phrase”
prepositional phrase (s), prepositional phrases (pl)
A preposition is always part of a group of words called a prepositional phrase.
A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun called the object of a preposition.
One or more modifiers may come between the preposition and its object. The prepositional phrases in the following sentences are shown in bold type:
- During our English class, we saw a film about Julius Caesar.
- Because of the snowstorm, traffic was a mess throughout the city."
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preposition (s), prepositions (pl)
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