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Zany grape 959 Posted 8 years ago
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Prepositional phrase as a subject

In the following sentence, is "along came spider' even a prepositional phrase? My grandaugher's LA teacher says "yes."


Along came a spider and sat down beside her.

  

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zany grape 959 In the following sentence, is "along came spider' even a prepositional phrase? Along came a spider and sat down beside her. "beside her" is the only prepositional phrase in the whole sentence.

  • zany grape 959 In the following sentence, is "along came spider' even a prepositional phrase?
  • Along came a spider and sat down beside her.
  • "beside her" is the only prepositional phrase in the whole sentence.
  • There is no prepositional phrase here that can be the subject.
  • "along" is an adverb.
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zany grape 959

In the following sentence, is "along came spider' even a prepositional phrase? ...

Along came a spider and sat down beside her.

"beside her" is the only prepositional phrase in the whole sentence. There is no prepositional phrase here that can be the subject.

"along" is an adverb.

The first part is an example of locat

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