Thursday, May 15, 2008

Preposition Notes


Prepositional Phrases

Preposition – a word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence.

Sometimes the preposition are made up of more than one word.

A preposition is always followed by an object or object of the preposition.

- Music Man Jr. will be performed on a large stage.

There can be more than one object this is called a compound object of the preposition.

Between Mr. Safranski and Mrs. Myers, is Miss Lepley's room.

The preposition, its object(s), and any other words in between form the prepositional phrase.
Mason ran from the bear.

Many sentences have MORE THAN ONE prepositional phrase. Each phrase include a preposition and object(s) along with any other accompanying words.

During the performance, we sat in the back row.

When the object of the preposition is a pronoun, BE CAREFUL – ALWAYS use the OBJECTIVE CASE! Me, him, her, us...

Rachel attended the play with them and me.

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