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Definition of Object of a preposition
1. Noun. The object governed by a preposition.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Object Of A Preposition
Literary usage of Object of a preposition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Infinitive in Anglo-Saxon by Morgan Callaway (1913)
"C. AS THE object of a preposition. Aside from the inflected infinitive made up
of the preposition to l plus a dative of the verbal поил in -ne, ..."
2. The Grammar of English Grammars: With an Introduction, Historical and by Goold Brown (1858)
"So Weld absurdly writes as follows ; '* A whole sentence is frequently the object
of a preposition ; as, ' Tfw crime of being a young man. ..."
3. A Practical Grammar: In which Words, Phrases, and Sentences are Classified by Stephen W. Clark (1853)
"The object of a Preposition may be A Noun A Pronoun An Adjective An Adverb .
A Participle A Verb A Phrase ' Comes there from Siberian WASTES of snow. ..."
4. A Practical Grammar of the English Language by Noble Butler (1879)
"The object of a preposition must be in the objective case; as, ... Any thing
performing the office of a noun may he the object of a preposition. (See p. ..."
5. The Elements of English Grammar: So Arranged as to Combine the Analytical by Samuel Stillman Greene (1863)
"A noun or pronoun used as the object of a preposition must be in the objective
case ; as, " The ruina of Û\e Parthenon stand upon the Acropolis in the city ..."
6. English Grammar by Lillian Gertrude Kimball (1912)
"The object of a preposition may be a single word, as in the phrase without fences,
but oftener it is a group of words. The base word of the group is usually ..."
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