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prepositional phrase
noun
grammar
: a phrase that begins with a preposition and ends in a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase
In "He is from Russia," "from Russia" is a prepositional phrase.
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The town where nobody knows your address (because nobody has one)
The city has a whole prepositional phrase attached to its name.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
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“Prepositional phrase.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prepositional%20phrase. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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