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Definition of Prepositional phrase
1. Noun. A phrase beginning with a preposition.
Definition of Prepositional phrase
1. Noun. (grammar) a phrase that has both a preposition and its object or complement; may be used as an adjunct or a modifier. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prepositional Phrase
Literary usage of Prepositional phrase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"A noun or pronoun may be modified by a prepositional phrase, ... The prepositional
phrase after nouns not only corresponds to the similar use of the phrase ..."
2. English Grammar Simplified: Its Study Made Easy by James Champlin Fernald (1916)
"In the case of an essential subject modified by a prepositional phrase, to
determine what verb should be used, drop the prepositional phrase wholly out of ..."
3. English Grammar Simplified: Its Study Made Easy by James Champlin Fernald (1916)
"In the case of an essential subject modified by a prepositional phrase, to
determine what verb should be used, drop the prepositional phrase wholly out of ..."
4. A compendious German grammar by William Dwight Whitney (1882)
"A noun is limited by a prepositional phrase: that is, by a noun whose relation to it
... In other cases, the prepositional phrase is virtually the adverbial ..."
5. A Working Grammar of the English Language: Designed to Give in Simple by James Champlin Fernald (1917)
"In the case of an essential subject modified by a prepositional phrase, to
determine what verb should be used, drop the prepositional phrase wholly out of ..."
6. A Compendious German Grammar by William Dwight Whitney (1870)
"In other cases, the prepositional phrase is virtually the adverbial predicate of
an adjective clause: as, ..."
7. The Structure of the English Sentence by Lillian Gertrude Kimball (1900)
"CHAPTER XXIII THE prepositional phrase Function. — No other sentence-element is
more frequently employed or more useful for the precise expression of ..."
8. The Structure of the English Sentence by Lillian Gertrude Kimball (1900)
"CHAPTER XXIII THE prepositional phrase Function. — No other sentence-element is
more frequently employed or more useful for the precise expression of ..."
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