Questions tagged [prepositional-phrases]
Questions about prepositional phrases.
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Do adjectival prepositional phrases introduced by "with" have a specific name/type (translation of "complément circonstanciel d'accompagnement")?
How do you analyze/translate a "complément circonstanciel d'accompagnement" or can you further specify the type of adjectival prepositional phrase introduced by with (or which has) this is? ...
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Where should I put the prepositional phrase? [closed]
Where should the prepositional phrase go in this sentence?
A student with an adventurous mind like me cannot be happier than this.
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A student like me with an adventurous mind cannot be happier ...
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What preposition I should use with the word "application"?
Which one of the following three sentences is correct? I am not sure what preposition I should use with the word "application". Thanks.
My job is to facilitate the application of this new ...
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Order of prepositions "of" and "by"
Quoting from a BBC article:
What also marks the current protests out from previous ones is the
emerging use by demonstrators of Molotov cocktails.
I would have put the prepositional phrases "by ...
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"by walk" or "by foot" when travelling by walking [duplicate]
We can say "by car", "by bike", "by bus", "by train" and "by flight" when we're traveling by a transportation vehicle. But what if we're traveling by ...
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How acceptable are prepositional phrase complements to PPs themselves? [closed]
https://linguisticsgirl.com/prepositional-complement-english-grammar/
gives these examples for PPs accepting another PP as complement:
My mother thought about under the bed.
She is worrying about in ...
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"Resign my job" or "resign from my job"? Any difference?
Is there any difference in meaning between "resign from my job" and "resign my job"?
Generally, with a preposition, the phrase doesn't necessarily entail the result.
I cut the rope....
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Verb Form Following "Who" Preceded by Prepositional Phrase [duplicate]
Does the verb form after "who" attach to "one" or "friends"? Or can both possibilities be argued?
She gave the document to one of her friends who are trustworthy.
She ...
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Precursor of versus to
What's the difference in meaning between precursor to and precursor of? Are they interchangeable?
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When is it appropriate to omit both articles and prepositions together?
I am working on a localisation issue within a project, but I cannot figure out through any of my searches and reference texts if there is a particular set of rules surrounding the omission of articles ...
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Difficulty in distinguishing whether a singular or plural verb agrees with a subject; one which includes "both" followed by a prepositional phrase
I have written the following sentence:
While I think the Austrian School's fixation both on natural prices and the rate of interest were akin to jousting at windmills...
First, am I correct in ...
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What does "cutting in" mean?
Flies, bees, beetles, wasps, and other insects are segmented creatures——head, thorax, and abdomen. where these parts join, there appears to the imaginative eye a "cutting in" of the body.
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What is meaning of for in "for Christmas"? [closed]
What do you buy for Christmas？ We are going to buy a turkey for Christmas?
What is the meaning of for？Something for Christmas means something to celebrate Christmas?
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Using “including” vs. “and include”
I came across this sentence:
The benefits of exercise are vast, including improved cardiovascular health....
I can tell something’s off here — I believe it should be either
The benefits of exercise ...
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When ‘that’ follows an 𝒳-of-𝒴 subject, which noun phrase does ‘that’ refer to: the first noun phrase 𝒳 or the second noun phrase 𝒴?
I’ve seen those two quite different usages of that following an 𝒳-of-𝒴
prepositional phrase connecting two noun phrases 𝒳 and 𝒴 via the
preposition of, one in which it is used to refer ...
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Is ‘when regarding’ in this sentence a preposition, meaning on the subject of/ in respect to, or a verb meaning thinking of/considering?
A recent troubling MIT study, revealed that fake news diffused significantly farther, faster, deeper and more broadly than the truth, with the effect even more pronounced when regarding political news ...
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Can "in favour of" be used in the context?
Will it make sense if I say, "The shopping will probably change in favour of delivery services".
I would like to say that people will be opting for delivery services rather than go to shops.
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Identified by or Identified as
I wish to write that some variables in a scientific document can be respectively identified (as/by) some values... For instance,
...where a,b and c correspond to the energies the spinor and the ...
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"Sought for" at the end of a sentence
Does anyone know if "sought for" can be used at the end of a clause, phrase, or sentence, even if "for" might be redundant? I'm not speaking of "sought for [something]", ...
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"Like" as a preposition
I know that 'like' can function as a preposition, but I want your views on this statement:
A collection, like old rocks or unique autos, gives a person some individuality.
I think 'like' functions ...
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What's the difference between "in the same year" and "the same year"? [closed]
It remained constant at this level till May the same year.
In this sentence, can we use 'in' before the noun phrase 'the same year'?
What is the difference between 'in the same year' and 'the same ...
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Separating that/which clauses from their referents with prepositional phrases [duplicate]
How acceptable is it to separate a that-clause from its referent with a prepositional phrase? It's a problem I keep running into, and I'm not sure if it's too jarring.
How would you rate the ...
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Prepostition 'as to' in poetry
So I ran accross this line in a poem of Alexander Pope:
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be
seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then
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Is this prepositional phrase a 'predicative adjunct'?
The class was composed of thirty students, including Jonathan and Kelly.
In this sentence, the prepositional phrase 'including Jonathan and Kelly' is a non-restrictive element in the clause structure ...
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Is this prepositional phrase acting as an adjective?
The example
Create a referral to a specialist.
The question
Is that sentence grammatically correct?
I think it is because the prepositional phrase is acting as an adjective (modifying "referral&...
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Non restrictive relative clase with prepositional noun phrase [duplicate]
In the sentence
The partner of an old woman who is residing in the USA will help us
it is clear that the person who will help us is the partner. But, I'm not clear whether the person who is residing ...
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Difference between "long/hope for A to do"
The following two phrases are both perfectly correct:
long for your return
hope for your return
but only the first of the following phrases sounds correct:
long for you to return
hope for you to ...
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How do you figure out the prepositional object with a clause final preposition? [closed]
First time asking a question, sorry for any weirdness.
The best way for me to illustrate might be with some examples. I believe all 4 of the following are both grammatical and would be commonly used ...
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Can prepositional phrases modify copular verbs?
Cassandra was a natural fit for the role because of her well-refined combat skills.
In the above quote (from a piece I wrote for my job), I have used the prepositional phrase 'because of her well-...
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How to understand what preposition is associated with what meaning? [closed]
I have difficulty in understanding what preposition, after a verb, is associated with what meaning, and how interchangeable prepositions are.
For example, Merriam-Webster reports the following meaning ...
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Adverb phrase or prepositional phrase? [duplicate]
If I have the following sentence:
"In mid-August, Gignac flew with Soffer on his private jet to Aspen to discuss the hotel purchase."
Focusing in on the "In mid-August," part in ...
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using preposition 'of' to mean 'possess'
Is using the preposition 'of' in places where you want to say that the subject is possessing the 'something' which follows 'of' (basically an adjective) a common practice and correct?
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My ...
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Pull on/at (heave on/at)
Harry heaved on the rope.
MY RESEARCH: "heave on" means "pull on" --
What is the difference between:
Pull a rope, pull on a rope, pull at a rope?
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As witnessed below (as=?) [closed]
My research: Often in legal papers, above the space for the witness to sign happens to be written:
As witnessed below ...
Now, according to my extent of English I would expect something like "...
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Placing comma before ambiguous prepositional phrase
But when I'm not writing code, I'll be spending time with friends and family, in the pursuit of happiness.
Is the comma placement before "in the pursuit of happiness" correct? Most of the ...
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What the answer of preposition in this sentence [duplicate]
The investigator asked the witness where he was __ the night of the murder
Is the answer
at
of
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Where should "on [date]" be put in a sentence?
Which order is best, A, B, or C? I'm not sure if the date can be used in this manner.
A. John was admitted into the University on 5 August 2013.
B. On 5 August 2013, John was admitted into the ...
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Which part of speech is "as" in each example of mine?
I've come across something that has stumped me a bit.
I think that the following usage of "as" is conjunctive. Am I correct?
He is the same as the dog is.
Is the following usage of "...
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"Two cars are luxury" or "Two cars is luxury" [duplicate]
Here is the sentence,
I'm getting rid of one of my cars, because two cars are/is luxury
I think the latter is correct, because two cars together constitutes to luxury. In case of,
Cars are luxury
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Adverb in a prepositional phrase and what it modifies
I am with arguably the best basketball player in the nation.
Would this sentence above be correct, and if so, what does “arguably” modify?
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She ended up (being??) a rich woman
Somehow they all ended up at my house. ("end up" + prepositional phrase)
Well, grades ended up to be unimportant after all as my first job after graduating ended up in a private school with ...
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Meaning of 'with' [closed]
What is the meaning of 'with' in the below sentence? What relationship does it indicate?
The story begins with the meeting of two businesswomen.
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Participle phrases that don't follow the main clause
The book was boring, and as stupid as the last one, punctuated by silly mistakes.
Is it unambiguous? Is it grammatical?
I'm asking if it's grammatical because I want to know whether you can offset a ...
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Can you ever place a comma ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ the word "which"? [duplicate]
Is there any scenario in which a comma is used right after the word which?
For example, is this sentence correctly written as is — or not?
The sensitivity to material AAA, which, in fact, is ...
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what does "back up" mean in this context:
At some point, once you've established the habit and you're showing up each day, you can combine the two-minute rule with a technique we call habit shaping to scale your habit back up toward your ...
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What licenses the omission of an article in a countable or singular noun phrase?
Specifically, the term market in the following sentence is often referred to as "the market". But here the article has been omitted. What licenses such usage?
The difference between prices ...
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Prepositional phrase modifying a subject at the end of a sentence
I want to express I was sitting on the couch watching TV. I heard that “I was watching TV on the couch” makes sense. I think a prepositional phrase at the end of a sentence can act as a subject ...
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The missing "to" in the phrase "subject to"
I learned that when referring one thing is subject to another thing, a "to" should always be there next to "subject" or before a which/that, etc. However, in the below language, ...
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Structure and usage of the construction - BE of
I have seen various sentences like this:
The availability of two reasonably complete mammalian genomes is of great help to gene finders. - The New York Times
I do my utmost to dress the actors very ...
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Using "to" as a function word to indicate the result of an action or a process
I encountered a sentence as follows:
To the audience's consternation, the corpse began to speak.
A bit of googling, brought about this result for the definitions of to from Merriam-Webster:
b—used ...
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