I prevented you from going there/I was accusing you of stealing my money.
Hello everyone.
My question is about prepositional phrases.
I prevented you from going there.
What is the function of "from going there" ?
Is it an adverbial prepositional phrase or the complement of "you" ?
If it is an adverbial prepositional phrase, can we locate it in the beginning?
From going there, I prevented you.
(Because I learned that adverbial prepositional phrases can be located in the beginning)
I was accusing you of stealing my money.
Again, what is the function of "of stealing my money" ?
Adverbial prepositional phrase or the complement of "you" ?
If it is an adverbial prepositional phrase, can we locate it in the beginning like
Of stealing my money, I was accusing you.
If we can't locate them in the beginning, could you please explain why? Thank you in advance.
Top answer
Jawel "from going there" This is a complement of "prevented". You might even say that the full verb (called a prepositional verb) is "prevent from". Jawel of stealing my money This is a complement of "was accusing".
- Jawel "from going there" This is a complement of "prevented".
- You might even say that the full verb (called a prepositional verb) is "prevent from".
- Jawel of stealing my money This is a complement of "was accusing".
- You might even say that the full verb (another prepositional verb) is "accuse of".
- No, you can't move those to the front.
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Jawel"from going there"
This is a complement of "prevented".
You might even say that the full verb (called a prepositional verb) is "prevent from".
Jawelof stealing my money
This is a complement of "was accusing".
You might even say that the full verb (another prepositional verb) is "accuse of".
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