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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Prepositions

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Can you tell me if "as far as" and "in case of" are prepositions?

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Those phrases have been called prepositional phrases, and have been called compound prepositions. Far is usually an adjective, specifying a distance. Case is usually a noun, meaning a set of circumstances.

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  • Those phrases have been called prepositional phrases, and have been called compound prepositions.
  • Far is usually an adjective, specifying a distance.
  • Case is usually a noun, meaning a set of circumstances.
  • Can the phrases be used to express relationships in time, space, or other senses, between nouns and other words in the sentence?
  • If they do, they are performing the function of prepositions.
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Those phrases have been called prepositional phrases,
and have been called compound prepositions.

Far is usually an adjective, specifying a

distance. Case is usually a noun, meaning a
set of circumstances.

Can the phrases be used to express relationships
in time, space, or other senses, between nouns
and other words in the sentence? If they do,
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