My notes tell me that prepositional phrases are noun phrase preceeded by a preposition. So my doubt is... If you consider this sentence
the flower in the pot Is it also a prepositional phrase when a noun phrase precedes the preposition itself?
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Sign up to join this communityMy notes tell me that prepositional phrases are noun phrase preceeded by a preposition. So my doubt is... If you consider this sentence
the flower in the pot Is it also a prepositional phrase when a noun phrase precedes the preposition itself?
In this case the preposition phrase in the pot acts as a modifier to the noun flower, just as an adjective does: it tells you where the flower is.
So what you have here is a noun phrase (NP the pot) inside a preposition phrase (PP in the pot) inside a noun phrase (NP the flower in the pot)!