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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. Sound a like words Part Two
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10. Quotation Marks Part Two
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11. The Colon
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12. The possessive case
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13. The verb be
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14. the adverb
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15. The Apostrophe
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16. the direct object
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17. the adverb clause
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18. complete and simple subjects
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19. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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20. complex sentences
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21. Confusing usage words part three
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22. Confusing usage words part three
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23. Confusing usage words part one
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24. Commas Part Three
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25. complete and simple predicates
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26. types of nouns
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27. Confusing usage words part two
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28. Confusing usage words part four
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29. Transitive and intransitive verbs
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30. Confusing usage words part six
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31. Sound alike words part one
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32. irregular verbs part one
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33. personal pronouns
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34. the appositive
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35. Sound a like words Part Four
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36. Commas Part Four
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37. the correlative conjunction
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38. Confusing usage words part seven
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39. More Apostrophe Situations
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40. the subordinating conjunction
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41. subject complements predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives
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42. the noun clause
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43. Second Capitalization List
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44. compound subject and compound predicate
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45. the object of the preposition
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46. sentences fragments and run on sentences
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47. Confusing usage words part eight
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48. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents
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49. the pronoun
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50. The nominative case
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