But they are always related to a more basic prepositional structure.

Prepositional phrase: It was by foot that he went there.

It is more often called the "first oblique" than the prepositional.

In the backyard and at the cat are prepositional phrases.

For the purposes of literature, prepositional phrases may begin the sentence.

The next part of the sentence is a prepositional phrase, and therefore can be deleted.

Similar restrictions apply to the prepositional passive, as noted in the following section.

"He always knew the answers, whether it was a passage from Shakespeare or a prepositional phrase."

The genitive case is also used in many prepositional constructions.

Miller's language involves sentences that begin with prepositional phrases, using the word For.

A preposition together with its complement is called a prepositional phrase.

The prepositional passive is common especially in informal English.

After my interview I clutch close a prepositional phrase.

Various object types are commonly acknowledged: direct, indirect, and prepositional.

Also unified is the spelling of names in dative and prepositional case.

It is used to replace a spatial prepositional phrase.

A predicate form of the superlative is actually a prepositional phrase.

Since they can be omitted, the prepositional phrases at night and on his couch are constituents.

The next two subsections consider the distribution and function of prepositional phrases in English.

Note that the concept of an indirect object may be rendered by a prepositional phrase.

As a prepositional verb, it has a literal meaning.

Sometimes it is called an adverb, and at other times an intransitive prepositional phrase.

English does not have distinct prepositional forms of pronouns.

She asked him to practice oral reading at home: "Focus on hesitations before the prepositional phrase.

Unfortunately, these commands don't contain any subjects; they show objects preceding prepositional phrases of place.