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Prepositional phrase is a group of words made up of a preposition (such as to, with, or
across), its object (a noun or pronoun), and any of the object's modifiers (an article and/or an
adjective). It is only a portion of a sentence and cannot stand on its own as a complete
thought. Prepositional phrases often tell where something happened, when it happened, or
help define a specific person or thing. Because of these functions, they're often essential to
understanding a sentence

Some of the most common prepositions that begin prepositional phrases are to, of, about, at,
before, after, by, behind, during, for, from, in, over, under, and with.

TYPES OF PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

Prepositional phrases can modify nouns, verbs, phrases, and complete clauses.
Prepositional phrases can also be embedded inside other prepositional phrases.

1. Modifying Nouns: Adjectival Phrases.

When a phrase modifies a noun or pronoun, it's called an adjectival phrase. These types of
phrases often specify a person or thing (what kind, whose). In context, they clarify a
distinction between several possibilities.
For example:

The cat in the middle is the cutest.

I always buy my milk from the convenience store on Main Street .

In the first of these sentences, in the middle answers the question of which cat the writer
thinks is the cutest. Similarly, on Main Street gives us information about which store the
writer is describing, All of these adjectival phrases provide specificity to a noun in order to
enhance our understanding

2. Modifying Verbs: Adverbial Phrases.

Adverbs modify verbs, and sometimes the adverb is an entire adverbial phrase. These
phrases often describe when, where, why, how, or two to what extent something happened.
For example:

To find the person who stole the last cookie, look behind you.

Harry drank his Butterbeer with fervor.

In the first sentence, behind you answers the question “Look where?” In the second, with

fervor answers the question “Drank how?”