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词汇 prepositional phrase
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Definition of prepositional phrase in US English:

prepositional phrase

noun
  • A modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The word sin is used twice on these pages, once in a quote and once in the midst of a prepositional phrase, ‘as Jesus took all of mankind's sin and guilt on himself.’
    • Should you give me a bunch of practice sentences, I still probably couldn't tell you what the prepositional phrases are.
    • I wanted to string together adverbs and nouns, to make a colorful amalgam of adjectives and prepositional phrases.
    • This completely irrelevant, because ‘an eater of mice’ is not a compound noun, it's a phrase consisting of a noun phrase connected to a prepositional phrase.
    • This is a prepositional phrase used adverbially, modifying ‘said’.
    • Lanham's easy, entertaining little book proposes a workable method for fixing long wobbly sentences afflicted by weak verbs and infested with swarms of prepositional phrases.
    • A switch within the prepositional phrase should be ruled out because English has prepositions and Panjabi postpositions.
    • He seems unaware that two consecutive nouns act as a prepositional phrase in English.
    • In English, prepositional phrases are generally preceded by verb phrases or noun phrases in complete sentences.
    • In the Atlantic's blurb, the two prepositional phrases don't really seem right when placed in the other order: ‘… part of his continuing coverage of anarchy on the high seas for the magazine.’
    • Parliamentary question time is full of wonderful examples of extended verbs, conjunctions and prepositional phrases employed to evade answering a question.
    • Despite some minor confusion regarding prepositions, these limited examples suggest that the singer has a basic grasp of how to form noun phrases, verb phrases, and prepositional phrases in English.

Definition of prepositional phrase in US English:

prepositional phrase

noun
  • A modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He seems unaware that two consecutive nouns act as a prepositional phrase in English.
    • Lanham's easy, entertaining little book proposes a workable method for fixing long wobbly sentences afflicted by weak verbs and infested with swarms of prepositional phrases.
    • Despite some minor confusion regarding prepositions, these limited examples suggest that the singer has a basic grasp of how to form noun phrases, verb phrases, and prepositional phrases in English.
    • Parliamentary question time is full of wonderful examples of extended verbs, conjunctions and prepositional phrases employed to evade answering a question.
    • This completely irrelevant, because ‘an eater of mice’ is not a compound noun, it's a phrase consisting of a noun phrase connected to a prepositional phrase.
    • Should you give me a bunch of practice sentences, I still probably couldn't tell you what the prepositional phrases are.
    • I wanted to string together adverbs and nouns, to make a colorful amalgam of adjectives and prepositional phrases.
    • In the Atlantic's blurb, the two prepositional phrases don't really seem right when placed in the other order: ‘… part of his continuing coverage of anarchy on the high seas for the magazine.’
    • This is a prepositional phrase used adverbially, modifying ‘said’.
    • In English, prepositional phrases are generally preceded by verb phrases or noun phrases in complete sentences.
    • The word sin is used twice on these pages, once in a quote and once in the midst of a prepositional phrase, ‘as Jesus took all of mankind's sin and guilt on himself.’
    • A switch within the prepositional phrase should be ruled out because English has prepositions and Panjabi postpositions.
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