Prepositional phrases

AnonymousI just want to make sure that this is a prepositional phrase

It's unclear what "this" is. The information about the 18th century and Latin may be distracting from your question.

regarding is listed as a preposition in the dictionary.

Does that solve your problem?

CJ

Hi,

"regarding an establishment of religion" we would say now "a religious establishment".

I'd look carefully at the context before saying this.

Consider, for example, that 'an established religion' is not the same as 'a religious establishment'.



If you just want a phrase that uses 'regarding', perhaps you should consider using something simpler, mor

If I wrote "The students shall make no comments regarding an eating establishment." is regarding an eating establishment a prepositional phrase? That's all I need to verify. I checked my books and found regarding is a preposition, but in another source, it said that the prepositional phrase will always be end with a noun. Well in this case the 18th century writer wrote the establish

Hi,

If I wrote "The students shall make no comments regarding an eating establishment." is regarding an eating establishment a prepositional phrase? That's all I need to verify. Yes, it is.

I checked my books and found regarding is a preposition, but in another source, it said that the prepositional phrase will always be end with a noun. Your sentence above ends wi

Whether you call it an estalishment of eating, or an eating establishment, the entire thing is a noun phrase.

If for some reason a noun phrase doesn't end in a noun (although "eating" is a gerund, a verb that acts like a noun), it's still a noun phrase, and can still act as the object of a preposition. He was [the only father Sean ever knew]. The part in [ ] is a noun phrase, even thou

I agree, it is 'a religious establishment'. regarding in the phrase is a preposition. I have taken english grammer twice in high school, but could pass the grammar entrance entrance exam into college. I came from a multi-lingual family, father spoke German, mother spoke French and Italian, so I've always had trouble putting sentences together in the form English required.

B

There is more than one question here - a) is regarding a preposition, and b) is eating an adjective

1) Regarding can be a preposition, as Clive pointed out. In your sentence, it is a preposition heading an adjectival prepostional phrase (modifying "comments")

2) Eating can be an adjective (present participle) or a noun (gerund)

An eating est

THANKS CLIVE

AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO COMMENTED.

Establishment, singular form, ofter comes up as a verb, but it made no sense, in the context of the sentence.

The word 'regarding' in the actual text was the word respecting In 18th century english respecting meant 'regarding' or 'concerning'. I had to do some digging to find when the word changed meaning. By the turn

Fascinating. The phrase "respecting the establishment of religion" seems to hold more nuance if "respecting" is construed as "privileging" or "showing regard for" or "showing respect for" or "favoring" and the word "establishment" is construed as a verb, as in "We witnessed the establishment of a precedent respecting no other approach."
would this have been consistent with 18th century Englis