** Prepositional Phrase:
A prepositional phrase is a phrase that starts with a preposition and ends with noun (or a pronoun). For example:
- from her. (the “noun” is a pronoun)
- from sleeping. (the noun is a gerund, i.e., a verbal noun)
- from the man across the street. (the noun is a noun phrase)
- from what he said. (the noun is a noun clause)
# There is a garden in front of my house.
# I could not go to school on account of illness.
# The boy shouted at the top of his voice.
>Prepositional phrases functioning as adjectives:
- Please read the message from Lee. (The prepositional phrase describes the noun message.)
- The man on the radio has a boring voice. (The prepositional phrase describes the noun man.)
- May I see one of the brown ones? (The prepositional phrase describes the pronoun one.
>Prepositional phrases functioning as adverbs:
- Lee caught a small mackerel with utmost pride. (The prepositional phrase modifies the verb caught. It is an adverb of manner; i.e., it tells us how he caught it.)
- Before the war, Lee played football for Barn stone worth United. (The prepositional phrase modifies the verb played. It is an adverb of time; i.e., it tells us when he played.)
- Lee is tired from the hike. (The prepositional phrase modifies the verb is. It is an adverb of reason; i.e., it tells us why he is tired.)
- Lee lives in that fridge. (The prepositional phrase modifies the verb lives. It is an adverb of place; i.e., it tells us where he lives.)
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