Inglise keele praktilise grammatika mõisted
•The families got separated after the war.
Here, The families got separated is a sentence and the war is a prepositional phrase being joined to
it. Hence, the word after is a preposition in this case.
•We went to the bar after we won the game.
In this case, we went to the bar is the main sentence and we won the game is a dependent clause.
Hence, the word after is a conjunction here.
prepositional phrases
At the minimum, a prepositional phrase will begin with a preposition and end with
anoun, pronoun, gerund, or clause, the "object" of the preposition.
The object of the preposition will often have one or more modifiers to describe it.
Here are some examples of the most basic prepositional phrase:
At home
At = preposition; home = noun.
In time
In = preposition; time = noun.
Most prepositional phrases are longer, like these:
From my grandmother
From = preposition; my = modifier; grandmother = noun.
Under the warm blanket
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