Kamis, 29 Desember 2011

Prepositional Phrase

Prepositional Phrase in a sentence prepositions show the relation of one word to another word. Prepositions require an object to complete them, typically a noun or pronoun. A preposition and its object is called a Prepositional Phrase.


§  The Prepositional Phrase : If a word in the table below does not have an object, then the word is not functioning as a Prepositional preposition.

A prepositional phrase will begin with a prepositional and end with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause, which is called the “object” of  Preposition :
§  The Pattern :
Preposition + noun, pronoun ,gerund , or clause

The object of  preposition will often have one of more modifiers to describe it.
§  The Pattern :
Preposition + modifier (s) + noun, pronoun ,gerund , or clause

Example :

1)    The book on the bathroom floor is swollen from shower steam.
-     Which book ? The one on the bathroom floor !
2)    The note from Baverly confessed that she had eaten
The leftover Pizza
-     Which note? The one from Baverly !


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