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prepositional

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[prep-uh-zish-uhn-uhl] / ˌprɛp əˈzɪʃ ən əl /

adjective

  1. Grammar. relating to, containing, or expressed by means of a preposition.


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But she points out that even when using an algorithm and controlling for prepositional phrases and the like, significant overlap occurs between the lists of most frequently used words in high-peace and low-peace countries.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 1, 2023

And I mistook a perfectly good English word, “rosé,” for the Polish prepositional phrase “o rosie,” which means “about the dew.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023

The White House disagreed with The Washington Post’s description, so the paper had to issue a correction noting a change of a prepositional phrase in a sentence.

From Salon ● May 12, 2017

But bit by bit the language is taking shape, definite articles and nouns and indirect objects and verbs and prepositional phrases hanging off subjects and predicates and predicate complements like a Calder mobile.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2016

“Esmeralda,” she called in a musical voice, “would you please come up and mark the prepositional phrase?”

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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