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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Preposition

Hi.

Can a preposition be put after the noun which is an object of that preposition?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

` If you mean 'This little piggy went market to'; 'The cow jumped the moon over'; Then no, it can't.

— Rover_KE

  • ` If you mean 'This little piggy went market to'; 'The cow jumped the moon over'; Then no, it can't.
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If you mean

'This little piggy went market to';

'The cow jumped the moon over';

Then no, it can't.
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Thank you, Rover, for your reply. What I mean is a phrase cited in a dictionary her objections notwithstanding. The dictionary (The New Penguin Dictionary) lists notwithstanding, among other parts of speech, as a preposition:

notwithstanding prep (also after the noun) in spite of (something): notwithstanding my reluctance; her objections notwithstandi
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Thank you, Fivejedjon, for the useful link.
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