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Preposition
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English
12th Grade
10/14/2007

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Prepositional Phrase
Definition

A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a proposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun. This noun or pronoun is called the "object of the preposition."

Term
Preposition
Definition

A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in a sentence.

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Compound Preposition
Definition
 
It’s a preposition that is made up of more than one word.
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COMPOUND OBJECTS
Definition

A preposition can have  a compound object, two or more nominatives that function as the direct object of the preposition. Note that objects must appear in the objective case.

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