prepositional phrase
Locational word group
A prepositional phrase is a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with its object: in the morning, under the bridge, with great enthusiasm.
These phrases function as modifiers, telling where, when, how, or which one.
English sentences routinely stack several: She sat on the porch in the evening with her dog.
- oblique caseNon-subject noun inflection
- valencyAtom's bonding capacity
- adjunctSubordinate addition to something
- complementWhat makes complete
- transitivityRelation that chains through
sentence diagram · through · modifier · dangling modifier · toward · adverb · at the end · in front of · on top of · word order · between · under · time · direction · object · upon · within · among
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Provision in agreement
independent clause · main clause · sentence · finite clause · predicate
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