Example sentences for: prepositional

How can you use “prepositional” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The two objections I see with this would-be super-short supersentence are, first, the highly elliptical and not terribly idiomatic omission of any overt identification of the clausal status of the word painful , and second, the analysis of the thoroughly idiomatic three-word phrase, you're disgusted by as an adjective clause containing a participial phrase and a rather elliptical prepositional phrase.

  • The last group falls into what I call prepositional trouble, as in That one threw me over the deep end .

  • He used a noun, two prepositional phrases and a string of adjectives that would make anyone proud.

  • These are: prepositional phrase, participial phrase, gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, adverb clause, adjective clause, and noun clause.

  • Also, certain prepositional phrases, such as waiting on a friend , probably qualify as regional usage.


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