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Schweedie Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Analysis of a prepositional phrase

0I'm meant to analyse this phrase in terms of function and form: 02br
00On the corner of Main Street and Vine02br
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00and I'm really unsure. I'd be very grateful if someone would take a look at it. My own interpretation is that '00on'00 is the head/a preposition, and the rest is a complement/an NP in which '00corner'00 would be the head. But can it really be as simple as that? I get the feeling that there ought to be more, but we're not supposed to analyse phrases within phrases or anything like that.0-
  

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0Sometimes things can be so simple that you don't want to believe. Here are my two cents: 02br 02br 00"On" needs a compliment after it. On what?

— Doll

  • 0Sometimes things can be so simple that you don't want to believe.
  • Here are my two cents: 02br 02br 00"On" needs a compliment after it.
  • On what?
  • On is a prepositional phrase an the head of the phrase.
  • 02br 02br 00On the corner.
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0Sometimes things can be so simple that you don't want to believe. Here are my two cents: 02br
02br
00"On" needs a compliment after it. On what? On is a prepositional phrase an the head of the phrase. 02br
02br
00On the corner. The corner is a noun phrase under a prepositiona phrase. 02br
02br
00"of" composes a prepositional phrase
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