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Meanings of prepositional phrase in English
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Usage of prepositional phrase in English
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Change the following expressions from the prepositional phrase form to the possessive:
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The +participle+ may be used as +principal word+ in a + prepositional phrase+.
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Before the prepositional phrase: The boat is sailing | across the river.
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The +noun clause+ may be used as +principal term+ of a + prepositional phrase+.
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If it is a prepositional phrase, determine whether it is used as an adjective or as an adverb.
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A noun or pronoun used as object or objective complement, or as the principal word of a prepositional phrase, is in the objective case.
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An adverb clause may be contracted to a prepositional phrase having for its principal word (1) a participle, (2) an infinitive, or (3) a noun.
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+Explanation+.-Theprincipal word of a prepositional phrase is here modified by a participle phrase.
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(4) Pick out every phrase and determine whether it is a prepositional phrase or a verb-phrase.
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+Explanation.+-Nounsused adverbially are in the objective case because equivalent to the principal word of a prepositional phrase.