A prepositional
phrase always begins with
a preposition, ends with an object, and may have modifiers between the preposition and object of
the preposition. A
preposition and its object is called a prepositional phrase. Some words that
are commonly used as propositions are:
up, down, behind, beside, at, on,
over, below, about, above, beyond, along, aside, between, beneath, in spite of,
instead of, into, like, near, since, through, towards, under, for, with, upon,
except, because of, inside, outside, until, etc.
These words can also be used as
prepositions in a prepositional phrase. If any of these words do not have an
object when used in a sentence, then the word is not working as
a preposition.
A word
can be a preposition only when it has an object to complete it. To decide what
the object is, say the preposition followed by whom or what. If a noun or a pronoun answers
the question, the word is a preposition. For example:
Example:
He stood up and hid behind the door.
He stood up what?
There is no object; therefore ‘up’ is not a
preposition.
Hid behind what? ‘The
door’ is the answer; therefore,
‘behind’ is a preposition. ‘Behind
the door’ is the prepositional phrase starting with the preposition ‘behind’ and ending with the object ‘door’ with a modifier ‘the’ in between.
There can be numerous prepositional phrases depending on varied
sentences and how the prepositions are used in them. Some examples can be: at
home, in time, with me, under the warm blanket, on the chair, etc.
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