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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. the adverb
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5. the pronoun
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6. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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7. the indirect object
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8. the noun
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9. Sound a like words Part Four
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10. The Apostrophe
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11. the adjective clause
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12. introducing phrases
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13. the adjective phrase
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14. Using Capital Letters
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15. The verb be
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16. the object of the preposition
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17. The possessive case
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18. the adverb phrase
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19. the appositive
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20. The Semicolon
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21. the preposition
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22. the adjective
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23. The Colon
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24. what good writers do
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25. the noun clause
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26. the subordinating conjunction
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27. complete and simple subjects
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28. the direct object
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29. the adverb clause
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30. Confusing usage words part three
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31. Confusing usage words part six
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32. the correlative conjunction
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33. introducing clauses
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34. the verb
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35. the prepositional phrase
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36. The nominative case
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37. the participle and participial phrase
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38. Misplaced and dangling modifiers
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39. the interjection
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40. types of sentences by purpose
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41. Confusing usage words part three
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42. personal pronouns
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43. The possessive case and pronouns
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44. Commas Part Four
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45. Second Capitalization List
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46. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents
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47. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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48. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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49. Commas Part One
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50. Parentheses Ellipsis Marks and Dashes
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