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Practical English Grammar


the prepositional phrase


A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and usually ends with a
noun or a pronoun.

The prepositional phrase is underlined in each sentence.
The elderly man went to the doctor’s office today.
In the morning, the elementary school students perform their exercises.
These magicians performed many tricks for the children.
Tomas walked into the dark house.

The word that ends the prepositional phrase is the object of the preposition.

In each of these sentences, the prepositional phrases are underlined, and
the objects of the preposition are italicized.
All of the trees had been pruned by the workers.
Someone in this office has borrowed the stapler from Markisha.
Will you show your necklace to your grandparents?

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Notes


Practical English Grammar - Notes
1. Italics Hyphens and Brackets
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2. compound subjects part two
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3. Quotation Marks Part Three
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4. Sound a like words Part Four
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5. the noun
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6. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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7. Confusing usage words part six
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8. complete and simple subjects
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9. the indirect object
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10. Second Capitalization List
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11. the object of the preposition
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12. the adverb
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13. irregular verbs part two
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14. agreement involving prepositional phrases
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15. Confusing usage words part three
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16. More Apostrophe Situations
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17. the adjective phrase
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18. Using Capital Letters
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19. The possessive case
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20. the noun clause
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21. personal pronouns
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22. Confusing usage words part two
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23. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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24. the prepositional phrase
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25. Confusing usage words part three
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26. The Semicolon
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27. Quotation Marks Part Two
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28. regular verb tenses
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29. introducing phrases
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30. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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31. the adjective clause
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32. Confusing usage words part five
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33. Quotation Marks Part One
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34. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
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35. types of sentences by purpose
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36. the adjective
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37. the adverb phrase
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38. introducing clauses
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39. Confusing usage words part seven
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40. Confusing usage words part eight
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41. Sound alike words part one
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42. Sound a like words Part Two
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43. The Colon
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44. The verb be
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45. irregular verbs part one
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46. the subordinating conjunction
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47. the interjection
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48. the verb phrase
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49. the pronoun
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50. the noun adjective pronoun question
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