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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

As the word, phrase..

Prepositional complements are defined as the word, phrase, or clause that directly follows the preposition and completes the meaning of the prepositional phrase.
http://www.linguisticsgirl.com/the-prepositional-complement-in-english-grammar/
Why do we need "the" before "as the word, phrase..."?
if we use "a" what would the sentence mean and would it be still grammatically correct?

  

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"? Because there is only one in each case. Jigneshbharati if we use "a" what would the sentence mean It would mean the same but refer to any case.

  • "?
  • Because there is only one in each case.
  • Jigneshbharati if we use "a" what would the sentence mean It would mean the same but refer to any case.
  • Jigneshbharati Would it be still grammatically correct?
  • Yes.
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JigneshbharatiWhy do we need "the" before "as the word, phrase..."?

Because there is only one in each case.

Jigneshbharatiif we use "a" what would the sentence mean

It would mean the same but refer to any case.

JigneshbharatiWould it be still grammatically correct?

Yes.

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