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    This document provides examples of sentences with prepositional phrases and identifies whether the object of the preposition is correct or incorrect. It contains 10 sentences, with answers indicating that 6 are correct because the object of the preposition is clearly stated, while 4 are incorrect because the subject or object is missing. The purpose is to demonstrate the importance of including the object of a preposition for a sentence to be grammatically correct.

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    This document provides examples of sentences with prepositional phrases and identifies whether the object of the preposition is correct or incorrect. It contains 10 sentences, with answers indicating that 6 are correct because the object of the preposition is clearly stated, while 4 are incorrect because the subject or object is missing. The purpose is to demonstrate the importance of including the object of a preposition for a sentence to be grammatically correct.

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    SKILL 2.

    BE CAREFUL OF OBJECTS OF PREPOSITIONS

    1. The interviews by radio broadcasters were carried live by the station. CORRECT
    2. In the last possible moment before takeoff took his seat in the airplane. INCORRECT
    3. At the neighborhood flower shop, flowers in quantities of a dozen or a half dozen can be
    delivered for free.
    4. The progressive reading methods at this school are given credit for the improved test
    scores
    5. For the last three years at various hospitals in the county has been practicing medicine
    6. In the past a career in politics was not considered acceptable in some circles
    7. Shopping in the downtown area of the city it has improved a lot in recent years
    8. At the building site the carpenters with the most experience were given the most intricate
    work.
    9. For the fever and headache took two aspirin tablets.
    10. The report with complete documentation was delivered at the conference.

    ANSWERS

    1. Correct
    2. Incorrect. Missing subject
    3. Correct
    4. Correct
    5. Incorrect. Missing subject
    6. Correct
    7. Incorrect. Double subject
    8. Correct
    9. Incorrect. Missing subject
    10. Correct

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