Prepositional Phrase

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Hello? I am Korean and I live in China. My name is Freda Choi. I have an assesments in my international school.

So, I have to study about prepositional phrases. Can you give me some example about prepositional phrases in the sentences? Like.. for example.

The book on the bathroom floor is swollen from shower steam. Then a prepositional phrase is on the bathroom floor. If you give me a sentence like this, let me study about and figure it out.

Thank you

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Hello? I am Korean and I live in China. My name is Freda Choi. I have an assesments in my international school.
So, I have to study about prepositional phrases. Can you give me some example about prepositional phrases in the sentences? Like.. for example.
The book on the bathroom floor is swollen from shower steam. Then a prepositional phrase is on the bathroom floor. If you give me a sentence like this, let me study about and figure it out.

Hi Freda;

I highlighted in yellow all the prepositional phrases that you used in your post.

Here is a good reference on prepositional phrases: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/01/

CalifJim · Answer

Then a prepositional phrase is on the bathroom floor.

Well, my goodness, what is it doing there?

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You should be able to find a few prepositional phrases here:

We saw a man on a hill with a telescope.

The first of the contestants relied on notes.

We talked about the colors of the leaves on the trees.

Among the students was a tall woman with an odd hat decorated with flamingo feathers.

They travelled toward the northernmost island of the group in a boat with an enormous mast.

At the front of the room an astronaut explained the reason for the space mission in a clear voice.

CJ

AlpheccaStars · Answer

CalifJimThen a prepositional phrase is on the bathroom floor.
Well, my goodness, what is it doing there?

I honestly don't know. But I spend lot of time with a sponge mopping them up.

After a few minutes of mopping, I dump them from the bucket down the drain with the soapy water.

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