Phrase x clause
After eating, Leslie took her test. In a video a professor said that the bold sentence is a prepositional phrase, but I think that is a reduced subordinate adverbial clause of time. Am I right? If not, can you explain why?
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After can be either a proposition or a subordinator. The professor has analyzed it as a preposition. Your analysis is a more modern grammatical analysis and his is more of a traditional analysis.
- After can be either a proposition or a subordinator.
- The professor has analyzed it as a preposition.
- Your analysis is a more modern grammatical analysis and his is more of a traditional analysis.
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After can be either a proposition or a subordinator.
The professor has analyzed it as a preposition. Your analysis is a more modern grammatical analysis and his is more of a traditional analysis.
0After eating, Leslie took her test.
I agree with the professor that "after" is a preposition and hence "after eating" is a PP, not a clause.
Traditional grammar treats "after" as a preposition when it has a noun phrase complement, and a subordinating conjunction when it introduces a clause. But modern grammar simply treats it as a preposition irrespective of w
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