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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. Second Capitalization List
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5. Sound a like words Part Four
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6. Confusing usage words part six
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7. Regular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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8. the noun
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9. complete and simple subjects
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10. the adverb
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11. the object of the preposition
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12. the indirect object
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13. irregular verbs part two
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14. Confusing usage words part three
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15. More Apostrophe Situations
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16. the noun clause
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17. Irregular Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
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18. agreement involving prepositional phrases
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19. the prepositional phrase
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20. The possessive case
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21. Confusing usage words part two
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22. Quotation Marks Part Two
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23. complex sentences
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24. the adjective phrase
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25. the verb
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26. the subordinating conjunction
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27. The Colon
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28. The possessive case
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29. agreement between indefinite pronouns and their antecedents
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30. subject verb agreement situations
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31. types of sentences by purpose
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32. the preposition
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33. complete and simple predicates
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34. The nominative case
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35. the adverb clause
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36. Confusing usage words part seven
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37. Active and passive voices
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38. Using Capital Letters
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39. The verb be
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40. subject and verb agreement
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41. the direct object
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42. the infinitive and infinitive phrase
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43. Confusing usage words part three
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44. Periods Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
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45. The Semicolon
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46. More subject verb agreement situations
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47. regular verb tenses
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48. irregular verbs part one
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49. the correlative conjunction
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50. compound subject and compound predicate
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