K-12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Adverbial Phrase, Preposition And Postposition
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In english grammar, a prepositional phrase is a group of words made up of a preposition (such as to, with, or across), its object (a noun or pronoun), and any of the object"s modifiers (an article and/or an adjective). It is only a portion of a sentence and cannot stand on its own as a complete thought. Prepositional phrases often tell where something happened, when it happened, or help define a specific person or thing. Because of these functions, they"re often essential to understanding a sentence. Prepositional phrases are groups of words starting with a preposition. Prepositional phrases often function as modifiers, describing nouns and verbs. A prepositional phrase won"t contain the subject of a sentence. Prepositional phrases can modify nouns, verbs, phrases, and complete clauses. Prepositional phrases can also be embedded inside other prepositional phrases. When a phrase modifies a noun or pronoun, it"s called an adjectival phrase.
