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Tashiro Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Adverb phrase or adjective phrase
Hi, please help me.
"I saw a cockroach in the kitchen."
When I saw this sentence, I thought "in the kitchen" modifies "saw" or "I saw a cockroach."
But a certain grammar book says it modifies "a cockroach."
Could you teach me which is correct?
"I saw a cockroach in the kitchen."
When I saw this sentence, I thought "in the kitchen" modifies "saw" or "I saw a cockroach."
But a certain grammar book says it modifies "a cockroach."
Could you teach me which is correct?
Top answer
] The blue is the main clause which is a complete sentence. The orange is the prepositional phrase (also called adverbial phrase) which adds information, or modifies the preceding clause. The object of a preposition is typically a noun or pronoun.
- ] The blue is the main clause which is a complete sentence.
- The orange is the prepositional phrase (also called adverbial phrase) which adds information, or modifies the preceding clause.
- The object of a preposition is typically a noun or pronoun.
- In this case, it is a cockroach.
- htm What do prepositional phrases do?
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If you break the sentence in sections, we have: [in the kitchen.] The blue is the main clause which is a complete sentence. The orange is the prepositional phrase (also called adverbial phrase) which adds information, or modifies the preceding clause. The object of a preposition is typically a noun or pronoun. In this
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