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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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preposition phrase or ellpted subordinate clause
Hi,
Can you tell me how a person would know if the underlined part is a prepositional phrase or an ellipted subordinate clause acting as an adverbial phrase?
After playing chess, he went on to take a long walk home.
I think 'playing chess' can be said to be a noun phrase that is quite functional as a noun. as shown below . Can a noun phrase like 'playing chess' be used as an object of preposition or only is that it only a 'word' noun can assume that role?
Playing chess is one major activity that prevents me from sleeping at night.
Can you tell me how a person would know if the underlined part is a prepositional phrase or an ellipted subordinate clause acting as an adverbial phrase?
After playing chess, he went on to take a long walk home.
I think 'playing chess' can be said to be a noun phrase that is quite functional as a noun. as shown below . Can a noun phrase like 'playing chess' be used as an object of preposition or only is that it only a 'word' noun can assume that role?
Playing chess is one major activity that prevents me from sleeping at night.
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‘After playing chess’ is a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverb of time modifying the main verb ‘went’. It’s also considered an elided clause. ’ the prepositional phrase becomes a full subordinate clause.
- ‘After playing chess’ is a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverb of time modifying the main verb ‘went’.
- It’s also considered an elided clause.
- ’ the prepositional phrase becomes a full subordinate clause.
- ‘Playing chess’ is indeed a noun phrase and is the object of the preposition ‘after’.
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‘After playing chess’ is a prepositional phrase functioning as an adverb of time modifying the main verb ‘went’. It’s also considered an elided clause. In ‘After he played chess, he went on to take a long walk home.’ the prepositional phrase becomes a full subordinate clause. ‘Playing chess’ is indeed a noun phrase and is the object of the preposition ‘after’.
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