Prepositional phrase after adjective (complement or post-modifier)
Hi there teachers,
Would you please tell me how to know whether a prepositional phrase is functioning as complement or post-modifier in an adjective phrase?
For example, in the sentence "That car is economical for its size", is the prepositional phrase for its size functioning
as a complement or a post-modifier? What would you call the prepositional phrase, here?
Thank you!
Top answer
: That car is economical for its size . For its size , that car is economical. That car, for its size , is economical.
- : That car is economical for its size .
- For its size , that car is economical.
- That car, for its size , is economical.
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Does the fact that the preposition phrase is positionally mobile give you a clue?:
That car is economical for its size.
For its size, that car is economical.
That car, for its size, is economical.
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