Help identifying prepositional phrase
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Sentence: "Martin stares at the knife that Daniel has bought."
Is the prepositional phrase at the knife or at the knife that? Why?
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Mark
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anonymous Is the prepositional phrase at the knife or at the knife that? It is "at the knife that Daniel has bought". It's a phrase, so you include all the words.
- anonymous Is the prepositional phrase at the knife or at the knife that?
- It is "at the knife that Daniel has bought".
- It's a phrase, so you include all the words.
- The core is "at the knife", but that leaves the "that" clause out in the cold.
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anonymousIs the prepositional phrase at the knife or at the knife that?
It is "at the knife that Daniel has bought". It's a phrase, so you include all the words. The core is "at the knife", but that leaves the "that" clause out in the cold.
0The prepositional phrase is at the knife that Daniel has bought.
The head of the PP is the preposition at and the noun phrase the knife that Daniel has bought is its object (complement). The head of the NP is knife and the relative that-clause its modifier.
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