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    A prepositional phrase modifies a verb or noun and consists of a preposition followed by a noun or pronoun. Prepositional phrases provide details like place, time, or manner. They can split the subject and verb or be used within other phrases. Prepositional phrases are fragments, not full sentences, as they lack a verb.

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    A prepositional phrase modifies a verb or noun and consists of a preposition followed by a noun or pronoun. Prepositional phrases provide details like place, time, or manner. They can split the subject and verb or be used within other phrases. Prepositional phrases are fragments, not full sentences, as they lack a verb.

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    ACADEMIC ENGLISH

    PREPOSITIONAL
    PHRASES
    English Coach
    Yazmin Abat Alarcón
    HOW DOES A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE WORK?

    A prepositional phrase modifies a verb or a noun


    Example: The rabbit hopped through the pretty garden

    Yazmin Abat | Academic English |


    HOW DOES A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE WORK?

    Important
    Thus, phrases are fragments, not sentences because there is
    no verb. Example: over the rainbow
    (over = preposition) + (the = article) + (rainbow = noun)

    Yazmin Abat | Academic English |


    SPECIAL CASES

    - Prepositional phrases can split the main subject and the


    Verb
    - Prepositional phrases can be used within or inside other
    phrases

    Yazmin Abat | Academic English |


    SPECIAL CASES

    - Prepositional phrases can split the main subject and the


    Verb
    - Prepositional phrases can be used within or inside other
    phrases
    - All the puppies, except the younger ones, barked a lot
    - My family members, the ones in the picture, live here.

    Yazmin Abat | Academic English |


    CALL RISK

    Source: https://www.cfainstitute.org/-/media/documents/support/programs/investment-foundations/9-debt-securities.pdf
    Yazmin Abat | Academic English |
    CALL RISK

    Source: https://www.cfainstitute.org/-/media/documents/support/programs/investment-foundations/9-debt-securities.pdf
    Yazmin Abat | Academic English |
    THANK YOU!

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