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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. Quotation Marks Part Three
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3. compound subjects part two
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4. Using Capital Letters
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5. the prepositional phrase
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6. what good writers do
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7. the indirect object
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8. the adjective clause
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9. the adverb
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10. Sound a like words Part Two
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11. Quotation Marks Part Two
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12. personal pronouns
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13. Commas Part Three
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14. The Apostrophe
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15. Confusing usage words part two
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16. The Colon
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17. Confusing usage words part three
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18. the adverb clause
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19. complete and simple predicates
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20. the direct object
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21. Confusing usage words part seven
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22. Active and passive voices
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23. Second Capitalization List
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24. complete and simple subjects
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25. Confusing usage words part one
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26. the object of the preposition
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27. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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28. complex sentences
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29. Confusing usage words part four
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30. The coordinating conjunction
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31. Transitive and intransitive verbs
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32. Sound alike words part one
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33. The verb be
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34. the correlative conjunction
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35. singular and plural nouns and pronouns
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36. sentences fragments and run on sentences
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37. Confusing usage words part eight
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38. Commas Part Five
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39. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
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40. The possessive case
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41. the subordinating conjunction
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42. the interjection
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43. The possessive case
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44. Indefinite pronouns and the possessive case
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45. First Capitalization List
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46. compound subjects part one
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47. regular verb tenses
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48. subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
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49. the noun
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50. the pronoun
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