prepositional phrase. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The last group falls into what I call prepositional trouble, as in That one threw me over the deep end. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3] Reference
A 133 page dissent over a 2 word prepositional phrase is silly. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin] Reference
Preposition/prepositional phrase, dependent clause. From Wordnik.com. [August 2009] Reference
ADVERBS are sometimes used with prepositional force. From Wordnik.com. [Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation] Reference
History has a cruel prepositional gaze: it fixes you. From Wordnik.com. [YOU ARE HERE by MABI DAVID] Reference
The first type might mostly include prepositional verbs. From Wordnik.com. [P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT] Reference
I think you've got a spurious n in that prepositional object. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: By Double-Digits, More Say Obama Is Best Able To Address Financial Meltdown] Reference
I just holler and grab and don't bother with prepositional phrases. From Wordnik.com. [Scott O'Dell Award] Reference
The Latin avoids the use of prepositional phrases as modifiers of a. From Wordnik.com. [New Latin Grammar] Reference
Those ZSR's need a good verb or prepositional phrase to complete them. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Almost a Title] Reference
I was wondering about the prepositional phrase "de parte de Esperanza". From Wordnik.com. [Pregunta Para Hoy de Parte de Esperanza] Reference
The phrase does not necessarily lend itself to a game of prepositional logic. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a popular anti-ID argument] Reference
The +participle+ may be used as +principal word+ in a +prepositional phrase+. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
The +noun clause+ may be used as +principal term+ of a +prepositional phrase+. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
First off, let me say there's nothing wrong with prepositions or prepositional phrases. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-07-01] Reference
The principal word of a prepositional phrase is here modified by a participle phrase. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
Very often this lead may be handled by means of a prepositional phrase at the beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
Another variation of this is the prepositional phrase of time, modifying the verb; e.g. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
Long live the prepositional endings and to heck with grammatical perfection for the day!. From Wordnik.com. [How to Respect Yourself When You Aren’t Perfect] Reference
Phrases, defined; prepositional; verb; punctuation of adverbial phrases (§116), (§121). From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
In this case the prepositional phrase modifies the subject and should not be far from it. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
If it is a prepositional phrase, determine whether it is used as an adjective or as an adverb. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
Better the “free press prepositional phrase” within the “free speech and press clause.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » State Attorneys General Argue that Non-Media Speakers Should Get Less First Amendment Protection than Media Speakers] Reference
He insisted that it should be entre ti y mí, these being the prepositional forms of the pronouns. From Wordnik.com. [Between you and ?] Reference
And I am baffled what the Missy Elliot prepositional phrase "drink on" is doing next to my own blood. From Wordnik.com. [Jordan Davis reads Drew Gardner] Reference
Anyway, Sasha came up with some info on the prepositional use of "absent," which he puts in OED style. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
And, as a corollory, prepositional verbs simply follow the unstressed preposition pattern: 5. Who did she RUN after?. From Wordnik.com. [P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT] Reference
When they correct a prepositional usage, or give me a more ‘natural’ way of saying something, it usually sticks. From Wordnik.com. [P is for Push « An A-Z of ELT] Reference
The problem or one of them comes with particles with no complementation but which nevertheless have prepositional meaning. From Wordnik.com. [P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT] Reference
The problem (or one of them) comes with particles with no complementation but which nevertheless have prepositional meaning. From Wordnik.com. [P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT] Reference
"Of us" is a prepositional phrase and therefore "us," though referring to many instead of one, cannot pluralize the verb form. From Wordnik.com. [Scozzafava takes on Palin] Reference
Active and passive voice, direct and indirect objects, prepositional phrases, compound and complex sentences … … urrggghh!!!!. From Wordnik.com. [A gripe with grammar « Write Anything] Reference
This should be true for such things as using too many descriptors, starting sentences with prepositional phrases, that sort of thing. From Wordnik.com. [Finding an editor] Reference
The "legend," strangely split from its crucial prepositional modifier, is associated with non-verbal nature, with silence and quietness. From Wordnik.com. [Deforming Keat's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'] Reference
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